Ingredients
| white wine: 2 cups |
| red wine: 2 cups |
| olive oil: 2 cups |
| heavy whipping cream (fluid): 2 cups |
| honey: 2 cups |
| brandy (Cognac): 2 Tbl |
| dark rum: 2 Tbl |
| light brown sugar (packed): 1 cup |
| salt: 1 Tbl |
| water: 2 cups |
| fresh basil (chopped): 1 Tbl |
| fresh rosemary: 1 Tbl |
| fresh dill weed (sprigs): 1 Tbl |
| dried thyme (leaves): 1 Tbl |
| curry powder: 1 Tbl |
| garlic powder: 1 Tbl |
| black pepper: 1 Tbl |
| granulated sugar: 1 Tbl |
| poppy seed: 1 Tbl |
| anise seed (whole): 1 Tbl |
| distilled vinegar: 2 cups |
| baking soda: 4 Tbl |
French Dressing "négociant En Vins "
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User rating:
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Prep Time
120 min -
Cook Time
0 min -
Servings
3 serving(s)
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Method
- In two separate saucepans, bring white and red wines to a boil.
- Add one cup of olive oil to each.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- In another small saucepan, heat cream, honey, brandy, and rum to barely simmering.
- Add 1/2 cup brown sugar to white wine and 1/2 cup brown sugar to cream-honey mixture.
- Continue simmering.
- When the five minutes are up for the wines, remove red wine from heat.
- Remove white wine once it reaches simmering temperature after the sugar is added.
- Stir together the salt and water and add to the cream-honey mixture.
- Wait until mixture simmers again.
- Add basil, rosemary, dill, thyme, and curry to the hot red wine and stir.
- Let this set for awhile.
- Add garlic powder, black pepper, sugar, poppy seeds, and anise seed to the cream-honey mixture.
- Simmer cream-honey mixture for 10 minutes.
- Pour white wine into cream-honey mixture and continue to simmer.
- Take a small bowl and measure baking soda into it.
- Prepare vinegar in a measuring cup.
- Very quickly, pour vinegar over baking soda, stir vigorously, and pour into the red wine.
- If the vinegar is mixed with the baking soda for longer than 15 seconds before it hits the wine, throw it out and try again.
- Let red wine-vinegar mixture set for 5 minutes.
- Pour red wine-vinegar mixture into the cream-honey-wine mixture and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and beat on high speed for 10 minutes.
- Chill till time to serve.