Caesar-salad meaning

A tossed salad of greens, croutons, grated cheese, and sometimes anchovies, with a dressing of olive oil, raw egg, lemon juice, garlic, and seasonings.
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A salad of greens, grated cheese, croutons, anchovies, etc. with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and raw or coddled eggs.
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(cooking, countable and uncountable) A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.

Would you like some Caesar salad for lunch?

Of all the Caesar salads I've tasted, this is the finest.

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A serving of such salad.

Would you like a Caesar salad for lunch?

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Origin of caesar-salad

Named after (Italian-born) US restaurateur Caesar Cardini (1896–1956) who is generally thought to have invented it for his Tijuana restaurant in 1924.

Sentence Examples

  • You'll find raw eggs in homemade hollandaise sauce, Caesar salad dressing, mayonnaise, and aioli.

  • My Caesar salad was particularly good (although only seemed to contain one anchovy ).

  • Sandwich is accompanied by a Caesar salad with lemon pepper croutons and dressing on the side.

  • griddled scallops with sweet pepper coulis, bacon and Jerusalem artichoke sandwich and Caesar salad (£ 7.95 ).

  • There were plenty of ordinary starters: a gazpacho, a caesar salad or a spinach roulade, all for a fiver or less.

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