Peach Vinaigrette - Creamy Peach Salad Dressing Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is creamy salad dressing made of? ›

Start with a base: Most creamy dressings contain mayo, sour cream, and/or yogurt, with a 50-50 ratio. For example, 2 tablespoons mayo + 2 tablespoons sour cream. For a lighter version, you can use all yogurt, but I like to use some mayo for the richness it adds.

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Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce. It is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolks, and either vinegar or lemon juice. The colour of mayonnaise is white, cream, or pale yellow. The texture may be that of a light cream to a thick gel.

Salad dressings are typically grouped into two categories: creamy dressings or vinaigrette dressings. The creamy dressings use mayonnaise, sour cream or yogurt as a base while the vinaigrette dressings use oils and vinegars or fruit juice and condiments or spices for a base.

The French have decided that the perfect ratio for a vinaigrette is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar. For my personal taste, that's a little too oily — but it's totally up to you. My simple system is: In a small screw-top jar, place vinegar and a pinch of salt; cover and shake (this helps to dissolve the salt).

Mayo is a magic emulsifier. Its thickness and high fat content make it the perfect stabilizer for a vinaigrette. A scant ½ teaspoon makes the dressing glossy, not heavy. The dressing will hold together for hours rather than minutes.

Common ingredients used as emulsifiers in vinaigrettes include Dijon mustard, honey, egg yolks, tomato paste or even roasted garlic (some are better emulsifiers than others). Lastly, you'll want your vinaigrette to have a lot of flavor, so it's a good idea to add herbs, salt and pepper.

For example, good olive oil has a fruity aroma that complements the acidity of balsamic vinegar. The other reason oil is included is that vinegar alone does not adhere to lettuce or vegetables very well, so it tends to drip off quickly and pool at the bottom of the plate or bowl.

What vinaigrette does Wendy's use? ›

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Our Famous House Salad served with our signature Italian dressing (served on the side).

They may have almost identical ingredients, but crucially they use different amounts of each to provide a notably different taste. Salad Cream uses more vinegar than oil whilst mayonnaise is the other way round. For example, in Heinz Salad Cream is just 22% Rapeseed Oil whilst Heinz mayonnaise is 68%.

Caesar dressing and ranch dressing may look similar, but make no mistake, they are very different. Ranch is light and herby, while Caesar dressing is zesty and strong. This is because ranch dressing has more mild ingredients, like mayonnaise, parsley, and dill.

As well as this, mayonnaise is a lot thicker in consistency and usually added to sandwiches, burgers, salads or even accompanying a portion of chips. While salad cream is made up of vinegar and water, it's a lot runnier, but both sauces contain sugar, mustard, salt, thickener, spices, flavouring and colouring.

French dressing vs Thousand island dressing

Commercial French dressing typically has less fat, less sugar and about 30% fewer calories than thousand island dressing, so it's the pick for those watching their weight, but it tends to have about twice as much salt.