Balsamic Panzanella Dressing

Name: Balsamic Panzanella Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ¼ cup (60 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (30 ml) Olive Oil; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (30 ml) Balsamic; ½ tsp minced garlic (2.5 ml) Garlic; ½ tsp sugar (2.5 ml) Sugar; ¼ tsp vanilla extract (1.25 ml) Vanilla

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

DRESSING · PANZANELLA & TOMATO SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for tomato panzanella salad.

MacKay's balsamic dressing for a tomato panzanella.

On the jar

BALSAMIC

Method: shake
Yield: about ¼ cup
Ingredients: 5
Jar batch: 4.25× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 30 mlBALSAMIC 30 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (30 ml)
Balsamic2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (30 ml)
Garlic½ tsp minced garlic (2.5 ml)
Sugar½ tsp sugar (2.5 ml)
Vanilla¼ tsp vanilla extract (1.25 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL, BALSAMIC.
Season to finish: GARLIC (1½ cloves), SUGAR (about 2 tsp), VANILLA (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Dale MacKay. Canadian / contemporary. Cited awards include: Top Chef Canada winner S1 (2011).

Adapted from a Dale MacKay recipe (Dale MacKay / food.crs (tomato panzanella; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 4.25× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 Dale MacKay / food.crs (tomato panzanella; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Balsamic Panzanella Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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