Recipe - Blue Cheese Caesar Salad

Enough Italian bread; cut
into 3/4inch
; cubes, to measure 1
; cup
5 tablespoon Olive oil
1 small Garlic clove; minced and
mashed
; to a paste with 1/4
; teaspoon salt
1 Flat anchovy fillet; minced
One half cup Crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
One half teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 lg Egg
1 Head romaine; rinsed, spun
dry,
; and torn into
; bitesize pieces
; (about 5 cups)
One fourth cup Freshly grated Parmesan

In a jellyroll pan toss the bread cubes with 1 tablespoon of the oil
and salt to taste, bake them in the middle of a preheated 350°F.
oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until they are golden, and let the
croutons cool. In a small bowl stir together well the garlic paste,
the anchovy, and half the blue cheese, whisk in the lemon juice and
the Worcestershire sauce, whisking until the mixture is smooth, and
whisk in the remaining oil and salt and pepper to taste, whisking
until the dressing is combined well. In a saucepan of boiling water
boil the egg in the shell for 30 seconds and drain it. In a salad
bowl toss the romaine with the dressing. Break the egg into the
greens, add the Parmesan, the remaining blue cheese, and the
croutons, and toss the salad until it is combined well.

Serves 2.

Gourmet February 1990

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