Serve a crisp Caesar salad before a meal.
Caesar salad is a classic recipe made with Romaine lettuce, a rich and creamy dressing and crunchy croutons. Although some Caesar salad dressing recipes call for raw egg yolks, you can use coddled egg yolks as well. Coddled eggs are briefly cooked in boiling water so that the yolk is still runny but has a thicker consistency than a raw yolk. Although coddling the egg may kill off some bacteria, the egg will still be undercooked and will carry a risk of food-borne illness.
Instructions
1. Place a fresh egg into a bowl of warm water. Briefly warming it in this manner will prevent its shell from cracking during the coddling process. Remove the room-temperature egg from the water.
2. Set the egg into a deep bowl or mug. Pour boiling water over the egg, completely immersing it. Allow the egg to rest in the boiling water for one minute.
3. Pour the hot water into the sink. Run cold tap water over the egg until it is cool enough to handle.
4. Crack the egg and pour both the white and the yolk into a mixing bowl. Add the remaining Caesar dressing ingredients and whisk the mixture until it is thick.
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