Description
This lemon Dijon dressing (or lemon Dijon vinaigrette) is the perfect everyday salad dressing to keep stocked in your fridge! It’s zesty, fresh, and easy to make in 5 minutes or less. It pairs well with pretty much any salad recipe, and can also be used as a marinade for fish, shrimp or another protein.
Ingredients
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp shallot or garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- Few grinds of black pepper
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- To a small mixing bowl, add the lemon juice, Dijon mustard, honey, shallot, salt, and pepper.
- Whisk the ingredients together.
- While whisking vigorously in a zigzag motion, slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil.
- Continue whisking until the dressing is emulsified, and the lemon juice and olive oil are not separating.
Notes
Storage
Homemade salad dressing doesn’t contain any preservatives, so it won’t last as long as a bottle of store bought dressing.
Keep this dressing in a jar with a lid for 7-10 days in the fridge. It may separate while stored – give the jar a good shake to re-combine the ingredients.
Since olive oil is an unsaturated fat, it may harden in the fridge due to the cold temperature. If this happens, just let the jar sit out at room temperature for about 10 minutes, or run the jar under warm water to bring the olive oil back to liquid state.
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