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Creamy Caesar Salad with Parmesan Encrusted Pine Nuts

February 22, 2013 2 Comments

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This Caesar salad, served at The Melting Pot, is creamy and crunchy at the same time and super addictive! Every time I go to The Melting Pot I say I am going to try a different salad, because they all sound tasty, but then I think of the Caesar salad and I just can’t say no! The secret that makes me (and just about anyone who tries it) hooked on this salad? The Parmesan Encrusted Pine Nuts! I have the recipe below along with The Melting Pot’s Homemade Caesar salad dressing recipe.

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Serves 2

 Ingredients:

  • 4 cups Romaine Lettuce, chopped
  • 1/2 cup seasoned croutons
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 4 tablespoons Parmesan encrusted pine nuts (recipe below)
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • Caesar dressing (recipe below)

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients except pine nuts and cheese. 
  2. Divide equally between two salad plates.
  3.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, and pepper. 

Dressing Ingredients: 

Makes one cup
  • 1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 tablespoon milk
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 small garlic clove, minced
  • 1 small anchovy fillet, minced
  • water
  • salt/pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients except water in a bowl and whisk until blended.
  2. You may add water to reach the desired consistency if the dressing is too thick.
  3. You can store this is the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

Recipe from The Melting Pot ‘Dip into Something Different’ Cookbook

Parmesan Encrusted Pine Nuts

Ingredients:

 2 tbsp butter, melted
1/4 cup pine nuts or one small pkg
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tbsp sugar

Directions:

  1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
  2. Toss the pine
    nuts with melted butter and stir to coat. 
  3. Remove from the nuts from the bowl and discard remaining butter. 
  4.  Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and sugar and mix well. 
  5. Spread on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for about 6-8 minutes, or until golden. Watch closely so they do not burn. 
  6. Remove, let cool, and serve on top of your creamy Caesar salad.
* I did find a version of this recipe using Karo Syrup instead of butter. I tried that but the pine nuts came out stickier and more like brittle than individual cheesy nuts like The Melting Pot so I prefer butter! 

You can use a anchovy fillet but we like this shortcut: anchovy paste! About 1-2 tbsp per fillet.
Just blend it all together and you’ve got a perfectly creamy Caesar dressing!

Don’t know the best way to mix your salad and dressing? Here’s a restaurant trick we learned: put the salad in a Tupperware container, top with dressing, secure the lid on the container, and shake! Now it should be mixed well and you can pour on your salad plate.
 Top buttery pine nuts with sugar and Parmesan cheese for a delicious twist to top off your Caesar Salad!
 Just a few simple ingredients make these Pine Nuts amazing!
Perfectly toasty and golden brown!
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  1. Anonymous

    May 10, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    I made this last night because the Melting Pot's Caesar salad is the only salad my 13 y/o will eat. He actually asks for it so I tried your recipe and he said it's better than the one at the Melting Pot. I loved it too. Thanks so much for creating this recipe for people who can follow a recipe but cannot recreate one.

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  2. Nita C

    November 30, 2017 at 3:07 am

    This is a great recipe. The only thing thats missing is the cylinder. After u mix the ingredients empty the pine nuts in the cylinder and shift off the extra cheese. Then put the pine nuts on the baking sheet. The pine nuts will brown quicker and taste just like the melting pot. Also the cheese will stay on as it cooks

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