How to Make a Caesar Salad from Scratch!

Et tu, anchovy? Welcome to my Caesar Salad. Warning: this Caesar’s not for the timid or the faint of heart! We’re talking cloves and cloves of garlic, whole schools of anchovies, dollops of Dijon, bursts of lemon, invigorating hits of hot sauce and Worcestershire, and bucketfuls of Parmesan. But we don’t stop there. This Caesar, inspired by the one at Blair’s in Silver Lake (in Los Angeles) also has crispy, salty, homemade breadcrumbs and a trio of lettuces – radicchio, endive, and arugula – which mirror the Italian flag, even though this salad was invented in Mexico. Actually, they mirror the Mexican flag too! But after making this, the only thing you’ll want to salute is your fork as you dive into what may very well be the best Caesar of your life.

RECIPE & INGREDIENTS:

VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Start
0:08 Intro
0:46 Getting started
1:01 First step: making breadcrumbs
2:40 Next move: grinding Parmesan
4:10 Making the dressing
8:03 Toasting the breadcrumbs
9:48 Prepping the lettuce
11:46 Assembling the Caesar
14:04 Plating the Caesar

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VIDEO CREDITS:
Director/Editor: Christopher Lawrence
Producer: Matt Ravey
Winston: Winston (repped by UTA)

[wendyrusso]

I almost never watch YouTube, but I watched this! Making your own breadcrumbs or croutons is a real game changer. I like to put Everything But the Bagel on my croutons.

[erikageorge]

Great video! I got super nervous when I saw you adding those ingredients without the blade but then you pulled it off like a BOSS!

[bfranklin]

You (and Winston) could not be more charming, Adam. So enjoyable. Bravo! More, please. Can't wait for the next video. Congrats on your entree to this world.

[karinpereira]

loved the presentation with pop-ups...humor

[fotoman]

Great job, Adam. Looking forward to making it, and to seeing more videos. It's a good medium for you!

[BobAtchison]

The salad looks fantastic. I appreciated the humor too, made it fun!

[gator]

Hey Adam! I've been a blog reader since you were a law student at Emory. It's been so fascinating to see how your food writing career has evolved!

[jmgmesquita]

Hey Adam. Loved the video. Give us more! Big fan of the podcast so now I get to be a fan of the video series too. Congratulations!

[shelaghegar]

Love this and look forward to more. Great vibe.

[LP-lehi]

Excellent. I cannot wait to make it. I trust all of your recipes.

[addingonbird]

Very nice! Facts of Life reference ftw

[juliachampion]

The thing I usually hate about Caesar salads are the big, fat, hard chunks of crouton. Definitely going to try this with breadcrumbs. I think that will be the game changer for me. I love the cuts to all the film clips. The most entertaining cooking video by far. Looking forward to more episodes.

[jmadd]

Bad breath = great flavour. Adam’s rules.

[karinpereira]

but the bread should be at least a day old or so?

[sergeiy]

Some great tips here, but please use less memes and funny noises next time - it really took away from the actual recipe for me.

[wilderdede]

Caesar salad is made from romaine lettuce.