This week I just happened to see a Jamie Oliver show where he made a Caesar Salad. One thing he did which appealed to me was to roast a chicken over the torn up bread to create the croutons. All the juices and sticky bits that normally drop down onto the bottom of the pan end up on the bread. Saves making croutons and because they are torn pieces it looks quite rustic. Jamie roasted his chicken in a wood fired oven in his garden. Sadly I only have an electric oven so my chicken was roasted in an electric oven in my kitchen.
I didn't have any cos lettuce but I did have acorn lettuce so that became the base. Then I just added some of the roasted chicken which I shredded roughly and some of the rustic torn croutons, drizzled with dressing and a few slivers of parmigiana cheese.
The dressing is made by pounding a couple of anchovies, a little garlic, some grated parmigiana cheese, oil and lemon juice. (three parts oil to 1 part lemon juice). I didn't follow a specific recipe just judged by eye the amounts I needed to feed four people.
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