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French Dressing

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 3/4 cup

Ingredients

2 teaspoons tomato paste
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon finely grated onion
1 teaspoon dried mustard
3/4 teaspoon paprika
Pinch of sweet smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
Freshly ground pepper
4 1/2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup canola oil

Preparation

  1. Whisk the tomato paste, sugar, onion, mustard, paprikas, salt, and celery seed in a medium bowl; season with pepper. Whisk in the vinegar and lemon juice. Add the oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking until emulsified. Alternatively, puree all ingredients except the oil in a blender. With the machine running, add the oil in a slow, steady stream; blend until emulsified. Use the dressing immediately.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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