Valerie Bertinelli’s favorite dressing is a simple lemon vinaigrette made with lemon, olive oil, shallots, salt, and pepper. She named that combination in an interview with Mashed, but did not share measurements or preparation instructions—so it is an ingredient list, not a complete recipe.
What ingredients are in Valerie Bertinelli’s favorite dressing?
“My favorite dressing is lemon, olive oil, shallots, and salt and pepper. It’s just so good,” Bertinelli told Mashed. She also spoke about her fondness for lemon, describing it as versatile in savory dishes, sweets, and drinks.
- Lemon
- Olive oil
- Shallots
- Salt and pepper
The interview does not specify how much of each ingredient to use or how to prepare the dressing. Any proportions or method would be an adaptation, not a recipe supplied by Bertinelli.
Is the dill pickle vinaigrette the same recipe?
No. The Dill Pickle Vinaigrette is a separate recipe from Bertinelli’s cookbook Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share. Good Morning America published it alongside a kale and sweet potato salad; it is not the lemon-and-shallot dressing she called her favorite in the Mashed interview.
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GMA’s measured Dill Pickle Vinaigrette
For the cookbook’s accompanying salad, GMA lists:
- 1/4 cup dill pickle juice
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small garlic clove, grated
- 1 heaping tablespoon roughly chopped fresh dill
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Whisk the ingredients together and toss with the salad. GMA says the salad serves 4 and can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Those quantities and storage directions apply to this salad and its pickle dressing, not to Bertinelli’s favorite lemon dressing.
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Where to find more of Bertinelli’s recipes
GMA’s feature identifies Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share as the source of the kale and sweet potato salad and its Dill Pickle Vinaigrette, and lists Amazon as a retailer. The available recipe information does not establish that the lemon-and-shallot dressing from her interview appears in the book.
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