Pondicherry Vinaigrette

Name: Pondicherry Vinaigrette
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 4½ cups (1100 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: 4¼ cups (1000 ml) Beef Stock; about 1 Tbsp (18 ml) Tomato Paste; about ¼ bunch (3 g) Tarragon; 0.5 g Vanilla; about 1 tsp (3 g) Curry Powder; about 2 Tbsp (15 g) Cornstarch; 10 tsp lime juice (50 ml) Lime Juice; 20 tsp olive oil (100 ml) Olive Oil

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

DRESSING · SPICE-FORWARD SALADS

A dressing for spice-forward salads.

Michel Guérard's Pondicherry vinaigrette for spiced salads.

On the jar

PONDICHERRY

Method: simmer
Yield: about 4½ cups
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 0.2× recipe

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Ratio

BEEF STOCK 1000 mlOLIVE OIL 100 mlLIME JUICE 50 ml

Ingredients

Beef Stock4¼ cups (1000 ml)
Tomato Pasteabout 1 Tbsp (18 ml)
Tarragonabout ¼ bunch (3 g)
Vanilla0.5 g
Curry Powderabout 1 tsp (3 g)
Cornstarchabout 2 Tbsp (15 g)
Lime Juice10 tsp lime juice (50 ml)
Olive Oil20 tsp olive oil (100 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): BEEF STOCK, OLIVE OIL, LIME JUICE.
Season to finish: TARRAGON (about 1 tsp), VANILLA (a pinch), CURRY POWDER (about ¼ tsp), CORNSTARCH (about 1½ tsp), TOMATO PASTE (about ¾ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Pondicherry Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: PONDICHERRY
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Provenance

Nouvelle cuisine pioneer and inventor of cuisine minceur; his Les Prés d'Eugénie has held three Michelin stars since 1977.

Originally published as Vinaigrette Pondichéry.

Adapted from a Michel Guérard recipe (Michel Guérard / Femme Actuelle).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.2× 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 Michel Guérard / Femme Actuelle (published as “Vinaigrette Pondichéry”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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