Vinaigrette ingredients Q: I'm bored with just lobbing olive oil and balsamic vinegar together on my salads. But I love vinaigrette. What's a good alternative?
A: It’s easy to forget how delicious and variable vinaigrette can be. One way to ring the changes is with different oils and vinegars, using one part vinegar to three of oil as a guideline. I like adding crushed garlic or chopped shallot, or start with Dijon mustard or a dollop of mayonnaise for creamy vinaigrettes. My current favourite is Greek-inspired but organic honey, mustard, olive oil vinaigrette from Tracklements (www.tracklements.co.uk for local stockists). I also like Mellow Yellow Honey and Mustard dressing made with omega-3-rich cold pressed rapeseed oil from Farrington’s (www.farrington-oils.co.uk for local stockists). It tastes home-made.
The Q&A was first published in the June 2008 edition of Saga Magazine