Smoked chicken salad

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vavroom

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It was not a bad wee dinner tonight. A salad with smoked chicken, avocado, tomatoes and green beans. Homemade vinaigrette. Baguette on the side.

It's fall here in New Zealand, not really the season for salads, but I really felt like that and the avocados were nice and ripe at the grocery store.

Dipped my finger in vinaigrette and dropped it on Wix's nose (my black lab) before dinner. She liked it. I think... She licked her nose like mad anyway smileys/wink.gif

Toblerone for dessert.

 
I sure can!

Why could I not tease you like that? smileys/smile.gif

Hm, ok, will provide a recipe. But a *proper* recipe will have to wait as I do it without measuring, so can't really give measurements. Not exact anyway.

1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
75ml red wine vinegar
225ml vegetable oil
Fresh ground black pepper (I have a pepper mill)

The ratio of vinegar/oil is about 1 to 3. You can adjust to taste.

* Put egg yolk, vinegar and mustard in a bowl
* Whisk until the ingredients are well mixed.
* Add oil almost a drop at a time while whisking energically.
* Season with the pepper to taste.

That's about it smileys/wink.gif

I use a manual whip. I like whips, they give you control. You *could* do this with an electric mixer. I've even seen some people do it with a blender! But I prefer the whip smileys/wink.gif

The technique is very similar to that of mayonaise (if you know how to do that smileys/wink.gif ).

There are endless variations on that theme. Like:
* change the vinegar type
* add fine herbs (tarragon is brilliant!)
* add finely chopped french shallots
* use 1/2 orange juice and 1/2 vinegar

 
Sorry!

Sorry about that Mimi.

But vinaigrette and mayonaise, it's raw egg yolk.

Poached eggs cooked runny, it's raw egg yolk. smileys/frown.gif

I *know* there are risks with raw egg yolks. But I think that by and large these risks are exagerated. That said, a risk is a risk and we all have to decide.

Not trying to sound pompous or patronising here.

 
Agreed but we have small kids in the house. No taking chances!

Will look for the pasteurised eggs, but I haven't seen them yet around here.

 
Kids need to eat "dirty" to get strong smileys/wink.gif

Well, I'm exagerating a bit, but frankly, I don't think I'd have the cast iron stomach/system I have now if I hadn't been eating so many "weird and wonderful things", including mud pancakes and worms...

Ok, that was a "ewweeee" moment smileys/smile.gif

 
{{GASP}}... with RAW egg?! heehee... I just don't know how we all survivied childhood smileys/smile.gif

 
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