Get ready for some action in the kitchen with this recipe by Spier Wine Estate.
If you like Caesar salad, you’ll love Spier Wine Estate’s super-easy version with delicious roasted chicken and pan-fried sourdough croutons. Even the dressing is easy to make too and delivers big flavour.
Roasted chicken Caesar salad with asparagus, anchovies and sourdough croutons
For the dressing:
- 1 clove garlic, finely grated
- 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped then “pulped” with the side of a knife blade
- 30 ml fresh lemon juice
- 5 ml Dijon mustard
- 5 ml Worcester sauce
- 1/2 cup good quality mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese (plus more for serving, optionally)
- salt and black pepper, to taste
- Place all the ingredients in a jug or mixing bowl, then whisk by hand to mix thoroughly. Set aside.
For the salad:
- 1 bunch baby gem lettuce leaves, rinsed & drained
- 1 medium-size roasted rotisserie chicken, deboned and sliced (mostly breasts & thighs, keep the rest for another meal or making stock)
- 1 small bunch asparagus, blanched for 1 minute in water & drained
- 8-12 anchovy fillets
- 1-2 cups diced sourdough bread, pan-fried in a little olive oil until golden
Serves four.
Pair this refreshing salad with Spier Creative Block 2, with hints of gooseberry, lime and white peaches and underlying notes of fynbos and white asparagus. It’s available at wine retailers nationwide for R110 per bottle.
Directions to Spier Wine Farm
R310 Baden Powell Drive
Stellenbosch
021 809 1100
