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Salad Dressing like Olive Garden's®
Everyone's favorite salad brought home.

Prep. Time: 1:20
Serves: 12

1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 Tbls. beaten egg (see Notes, below)
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup corn syrup
3 Tbls. grated Romano cheese
2 Tbls. dry, unflavored pectin (see Notes, below)
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1/4 tsp. dried parsley
1 pinch dried oregano
1 pinch red pepper flakes

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-Pour the vinegar, lemon juice, and egg into a blender; blend for 10 seconds, then allow to rest for 10 minutes.
-Add remaining ingredients to blender and blend on low speed for 30 seconds.
-Chill at least 1 hour before serving, the longer the better.


Notes:
Mixing the raw egg with vinegar and lemon juice will kill any Salmonella present. You can also buy pasteurized eggs at many supermarkets. Pectin can be found in most supermarkets near the Jell-O® or with the Mason® jars.

Serving Suggestions: Serve this dressing over mixed greens or use as a marinade for your favorite meat.

Make It A Meal: Serve the dressing on a salad along side Fettuccini Alfredo like Olive Garden's®

9 Visitor Comments About This Recipe Submit Yours Below!
  • I've made this recipe plenty of times without the egg or the pectin (which can be hard to find in some places) and although it's a little on the thin side, it's still totally tasty.

  • Great copy ; easy to make

  • I tried this... had to go out and buy my some of the stuff cuz I am not much of a cook it was cheaper for me to buy the dressing for 3.50 a bottle. Just ask the waitress. I buy it all the time now.

  • have tried this recipe and love it!! really is like the olive garden's recipe!! i enjoyed it very much as did my company (who were asking for the recipe! ;) thank you!

  • I just love y;our site. I have wanted the recipe for the dressing at Olive Garden for years. Thank you. It is just like it!!!

  • This recipe is delicious and can easily make modifications to suit your personal taste or creative tendencies.

  • Use egg beaters egg-substitute in place of the raw eggs in the recipe. Egg beaters will give the same results and normally have a longer shelf life than fresh eggs.

  • This is a great recipe. I used it at a party and everyone loved it. They all thought I went and bought it from the Olive Garden. It was very easy to put together, it just takes a little time.

  • i made this salad dressing and it was nothing like olive garden's.i was disappointed.on the other hand the dressing was good.very disappointing.

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