White Sesame-Pepper-Miso Dressing

Name: White Sesame-Pepper-Miso Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (280 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: about ⅓ cup (75 ml) Grapeseed Oil; about ½ cup (60 g) Sesame Seed; 30 g Tofu; about 1½ Tbsp (25 g) Miso; about 1½ Tbsp (25 ml) Lemon Juice; about 1½ Tbsp (10 g) White Pepper; 1 small clove Garlic; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt; about 6 Tbsp (100 ml) Water

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

DRESSING · CUCUMBER-FRUIT SALAD & CRISP LETTUCES

A dressing for cucumber-fruit salad & crisp lettuces.

Grant Achatz's sesame-miso dressing for a cucumber salad.

On the jar

WHITE SESAME

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 9

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Grapeseed Oil 75 mlLemon Juice 25 mlWater 100 ml

Ingredients

Grapeseed Oilabout ⅓ cup (75 ml)
Sesame Seedabout ½ cup (60 g)
Tofu30 g
Misoabout 1½ Tbsp (25 g)
Lemon Juiceabout 1½ Tbsp (25 ml)
White Pepperabout 1½ Tbsp (10 g)
Garlic1 small clove
Salt1 tsp (6 g)
Waterabout 6 Tbsp (100 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 3:1, higher than 64% of the catalog’s dressings (median 2:1), a richer mix for the category.

The acid here is lemon juice. In this category chefs also reach for lime juice (58 recipes), rice vinegar (52), and red wine vinegar (34).

The fat here is grapeseed oil. In this category chefs also reach for olive oil (145 recipes) and sesame oil (34).

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

American modernist chef of Michelin three-star Alinea in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef. Also Next and The Aviary; progressive tasting menus and thickened sauces as theater.

Originally published as White Sesame–Pepper–Miso Dressing.

Adapted from a Grant Achatz recipe (Grant Achatz / Gourmet Traveller).

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 Grant Achatz / Gourmet Traveller (published as “White Sesame–Pepper–Miso Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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