Pesto-Pickled Shallot Vinaigrette

Name: Pesto-Pickled Shallot Vinaigrette
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 medium shallots, finely chopped (pickle in ¾ cup sherry vinegar ≥8 h) Shallot; ¾ cup sherry vinegar (pickle) + 1 Tbsp in dressing (195 ml) Sherry Vinegar; 3 Tbsp purchased basil pesto (45 ml) Basil Pesto; 1 Tbsp lemon juice (15 ml) Lemon Juice; 1 tsp kosher salt (5 ml) Salt; ½ tsp black pepper (2.5 ml) Pepper; 1 cup grapeseed oil (240 ml) Grapeseed Oil; 1½ tsp olive oil (7.5 ml) Olive Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson.

DRESSING · GREEN SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for garden salad.

Mackinnon-Patterson's pesto-shallot vinaigrette.

On the jar

PESTO

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 0.6× recipe

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Ratio

GRAPESEED OIL 240 mlSHERRY VINEGAR 195 ml

Ingredients

Shallot3 medium shallots, finely chopped (pickle in ¾ cup sherry vinegar ≥8 h)
Sherry Vinegar¾ cup sherry vinegar (pickle) + 1 Tbsp in dressing (195 ml)
Basil Pesto3 Tbsp purchased basil pesto (45 ml)
Lemon Juice1 Tbsp lemon juice (15 ml)
Salt1 tsp kosher salt (5 ml)
Pepper½ tsp black pepper (2.5 ml)
Grapeseed Oil1 cup grapeseed oil (240 ml)
Olive Oil1½ tsp olive oil (7.5 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): GRAPESEED OIL, SHERRY VINEGAR.
Add by count: 1½ SHALLOTS.
Season to finish: BASIL PESTO (to taste), SALT (about ½ tsp), PEPPER (about ¼ tsp), LEMON JUICE (about 2 tsp), OLIVE OIL (about 1 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. Italian / Colorado. Cited awards include: James Beard Outstanding Restaurant 2025 (Frasca Food and Wine).

Originally published as Pesto–Pickled Shallot Vinaigrette.

Adapted from a Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson recipe (Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson / Epicurious).

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 0.6× 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 Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson / Epicurious (published as “Pesto–Pickled Shallot Vinaigrette”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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