Creamy Carrot Dressing

Name: Creamy Carrot Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 140 g Carrot; ½ cup water (120 ml) Water; ¼ cup cashews (60 ml) Cashews; ¼ cup EVOO (60 ml) Olive Oil; 3 Tbsp lime juice (45 ml) Lime Juice; 3-inch piece scallion Scallion; 1 clove garlic Garlic; ½ tsp fine sea salt (2.5 ml) Salt; 1 tsp tamari (5 ml) Tamari

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Amy Chaplin recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amy Chaplin.

DRESSING · GREEN SALADS & GRAIN BOWLS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for creamy carrot dressing base recipe.

Chaplin's creamy carrot dressing for salads.

On the jar

CREAMY

Method: blend
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 9

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 120 mlCashews 60 mlOlive Oil 60 mlLime Juice 45 mlSalt 3 mlTamari 5 ml

Ingredients

Carrot140 g
Water½ cup water (120 ml)
Cashews¼ cup cashews (60 ml)
Olive Oil¼ cup EVOO (60 ml)
Lime Juice3 Tbsp lime juice (45 ml)
Scallion3-inch piece scallion
Garlic1 clove garlic
Salt½ tsp fine sea salt (2.5 ml)
Tamari1 tsp tamari (5 ml)

Where it sits

One of 359 dressings in the catalog, with 9 ingredients against a median of 6.

Its fat to acid ratio is 1.3:1, higher than 37% of the catalog’s dressings (median 2:1), a sharper mix for the category.

The acid here is lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (106 recipes), rice vinegar (52), and red wine vinegar (34).

The fat here is olive oil. In this category chefs also reach for sesame oil (34 recipes) and vegetable oil (24).

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Amy Chaplin. Plant-based / whole food. Cited awards include: James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2020.

Originally published as Creamy Carrot Dressing (Base Recipe).

Adapted from a Amy Chaplin recipe (Amy Chaplin / Epicurious (creamy carrot dressing base recipe)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Amy Chaplin / Epicurious (creamy carrot dressing base recipe) (published as “Creamy Carrot Dressing (Base Recipe)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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