Vinaigrette
noun
A sauce that is made from oil, vinegar, and seasonings, often used on salads.
She dressed her salad with a homemade vinaigrette.
Often appears as...
- balsamic vinaigrette
- lemon vinaigrette
noun
A small container with a perforated lid used for holding an aromatic substance such as vinegar or perfume.
The lady held a silver vinaigrette to her nose to combat the foul odors in the streets.
Often appears as...
- silver vinaigrette
- antique vinaigrette
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A sauce that is made from oil, vinegar, and seasonings, often used on salads.
She dressed her salad with a homemade vinaigrette.
Often appears as...
- balsamic vinaigrette
- lemon vinaigrette
noun
A small container with a perforated lid used for holding an aromatic substance such as vinegar or perfume.
The lady held a silver vinaigrette to her nose to combat the foul odors in the streets.
Often appears as...
- silver vinaigrette
- antique vinaigrette
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Dressing
Understand 'vinaigrette' mainly refers to a mixture for flavoring salads, not just any liquid mixture.
I prefer a light vinaigrette on my greens.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Flavor
Know that 'vinaigrette' can be customized with various herbs, spices, and sweeteners like honey.
I made a raspberry vinaigrette by adding pureed berries.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthier Option
Remember that many consider vinaigrette a healthier dressing choice compared to creamy alternatives.
She chose vinaigrette to maintain her diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Dressing
Understand 'vinaigrette' mainly refers to a mixture for flavoring salads, not just any liquid mixture.
I prefer a light vinaigrette on my greens.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Flavor
Know that 'vinaigrette' can be customized with various herbs, spices, and sweeteners like honey.
I made a raspberry vinaigrette by adding pureed berries.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthier Option
Remember that many consider vinaigrette a healthier dressing choice compared to creamy alternatives.
She chose vinaigrette to maintain her diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Dressing
Understand 'vinaigrette' mainly refers to a mixture for flavoring salads, not just any liquid mixture.
I prefer a light vinaigrette on my greens.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatile Flavor
Know that 'vinaigrette' can be customized with various herbs, spices, and sweeteners like honey.
I made a raspberry vinaigrette by adding pureed berries.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthier Option
Remember that many consider vinaigrette a healthier dressing choice compared to creamy alternatives.
She chose vinaigrette to maintain her diet.
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Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Of course, eating broccoli raw, nutritionally and aesthetically speaking, is no doubt the best way of all. Raw broccoli makes a delectable salad when sliced into thin strips on a mandolin, marinated in lemon-mustard vinaigrette, then tossed with toasted pecans or hazelnuts, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh minced basil.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
There are two proper ways to use garlic: pounding and blooming. Neither involves a press, which is little more than a torture device for a beloved ingredient, smushing it up into watery squiggles of inconsistent size that will never cook evenly or vanish into a vinaigrette. If you have one, throw it away!
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Fergie
American Musician
In L.A., I get a meal delivery service called Diet Designs. I like a nice butter lettuce salad with some avocado, fresh grapefruit, shredded chicken breast and raw almond slices with a sesame vinaigrette dressing. I also love juicing and am kind of obsessed with it.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
What I love about the term 'salad' is that it can appear in so many different forms and says a lot about the cook. It could be a simple as fresh green lettuces tossed with a basic vinaigrette, or it could be as hearty as a couscous salad with grilled shrimp.
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Maggie Baird
American Actress
The early days of being vegetarian meant ordering plain salads with vinaigrette and a baked potato. You could put the potato in the salad, and, if you were lucky, there were kidney beans.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
The addition of vinaigrette to freshly roasted vegetables gives them a freshness and juiciness they don't normally have; the acidity brings out new shades of flavour, too.
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten
French Chef
If we put a vinaigrette together, every part of it is weighed. For the burger, we do a bit of arugula, olive oil - everything is weighed. To the gram.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I know pastry chefs who are overwhelmed by the idea of tasting, rather than measuring, their way to a balanced vinaigrette.
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Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Of course, eating broccoli raw, nutritionally and aesthetically speaking, is no doubt the best way of all. Raw broccoli makes a delectable salad when sliced into thin strips on a mandolin, marinated in lemon-mustard vinaigrette, then tossed with toasted pecans or hazelnuts, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh minced basil.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
There are two proper ways to use garlic: pounding and blooming. Neither involves a press, which is little more than a torture device for a beloved ingredient, smushing it up into watery squiggles of inconsistent size that will never cook evenly or vanish into a vinaigrette. If you have one, throw it away!
Quote examples
Fergie
American Musician
In L.A., I get a meal delivery service called Diet Designs. I like a nice butter lettuce salad with some avocado, fresh grapefruit, shredded chicken breast and raw almond slices with a sesame vinaigrette dressing. I also love juicing and am kind of obsessed with it.
Quote examples
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
What I love about the term 'salad' is that it can appear in so many different forms and says a lot about the cook. It could be a simple as fresh green lettuces tossed with a basic vinaigrette, or it could be as hearty as a couscous salad with grilled shrimp.
Quote examples
Maggie Baird
American Actress
The early days of being vegetarian meant ordering plain salads with vinaigrette and a baked potato. You could put the potato in the salad, and, if you were lucky, there were kidney beans.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
The addition of vinaigrette to freshly roasted vegetables gives them a freshness and juiciness they don't normally have; the acidity brings out new shades of flavour, too.
Quote examples
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
French Chef
If we put a vinaigrette together, every part of it is weighed. For the burger, we do a bit of arugula, olive oil - everything is weighed. To the gram.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I know pastry chefs who are overwhelmed by the idea of tasting, rather than measuring, their way to a balanced vinaigrette.
Quote examples
Francoise Sagan
French Playwright
Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance.
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