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Hello there.
A simple salad dressing recipe for you today, dear reader.
Raspberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette…to be exact and precise. Everyone needs a recipe like this tucked away in their back pocket, wouldn’t you agree? A great warm weather standard. Put it on any salad of your choice (or come on back tomorrow to see the lovely salad I made to go with it). This dressing is sweet and tangy with a great berry flavor. It’s made with basic pantry staples, comes together in a matter of minutes and tastes far superior to purchased dressing.
Make it, and love it…won’t you?
Raspberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 1 1/2 Cups
Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up!
3 T red onion, chopped
3 T raspberry jam (or strawberry, mixed berry, boysenberry…any berry jam will do)
1/4 C sugar
1/2 C + 2 T red wine vinegar
1 T honey mustard
1/2 t salt
1/2 C vegetable oil
1 T poppy seeds
1. Chop yourself some red onion. Place 3 tablespoons worth into a blender, or if you have an immersion blender toss them into a tall jar.
2. Add 3 tablespoons raspberry jam, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon honey mustard and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Blend it until it’s well combined.
3. Add 1/2 cup oil to the blending jar, just a little bit at a time, blending after each portion is added. If you add all of the oil at once the dressing will be really thin and runny. Just add about 2 tablespoons at a time and all will be well.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of poppy seeds to the dressing
and stir it in with a spoon. Don’t blend the poppy seeds in, just give them a nice stir. Serve over a salad of your choice and enjoy! Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
I hate to ask …what is honey mustard?
Just made this with some leftover homemade spicy blackberry jam (basically blackberry jam with chili peppers). YUMMMM!!!! I also was out of honey mustard so I subbed with Dijon. It’s super good. I can’t wait to try it with other flavors. I have an orange rhubarb jam that might be going this way soon! Thank you!
This was SO good, and very simple. I packed it for lunches this week by the “salad in a jar” method and I’m very excited for lunch today. I used spinach, pomegranate, strawberries and mushrooms. I think some feta and candied nuts would be an excellent addition as well!
I made your raspberry vinaigrette this weekend, and it was wonderful! Such a great combination of sweet and tangy. I can’t wait to make it for a friend of mine. Raspberry vinaigrette is her favorite type of dressing. Thank you so much for posting the recipe!
Hi Jamie,
This looked so good. I am making it for dinner with the Costco Turkey Sandwich. I made the dressing. I didn’t run my oil as long as I should so it probably is a little thinner, but it tastes delicious! I also added 1/4 cup of heavy cream. Yummo!
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