Name: Jughandle's Modified Caesar Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 10 cup Romaine Lettuce (about 3 small heads torn into bite sized pieces); 2 oz Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (grated); black pepper (in a grinder); 1/3 cup olive oil; 1/4 cup lime juice (or the juice of 2-3 limes more if needed); 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce; 1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce; 1 Tbsp mayonnaise; 1 tsp anchovy paste (or 2 anchovy fillets); 1 clove garlic (pressed); Kosher salt (As needed); 1 lime (cut into half ); 4 pc white bread (stale bread is best cut into cubes for croutons); 1/4 cup Olive oil; 1 clove garlic (pressed)

Jughandle's Caesar Salad substitute lime for lemons for an extra tang. The raw egg used in the original as an emulsifying agent is replaced by a dollop of mayo for safety.

Method:

For The Salad:

Clean and dry the lettuce. Retain 4-8 whole leaves to use in the individual serving bowls.

For The Croutons:

in a small bowl pour 1/4 cup of olive oil and press in 1 clove of garlic.
Cut the bread or baguette into 1/2 inch cubes. Put the cubes in a bowl and drizzle the olive oil and garlic mixture over the cubes. Toss to coat
spread the coated cubes on a baking sheet and toast on broil setting in the oven until brown. Don't walk away, they will burn.
Make the croutons again if you burned them.
Set them aside

For The Dressing:

In a large wooden salad bowl pour 1/2 of Olive oil in the bottom. Drop in the worcestershire sauce, Tabasco Sauce and 2 oz of lime juice.
mix briskly with a whisk.
At the edge of the oil, put the dab of mayo, next to it the pressed garlic and anchovy paste or fillet.
Take 1/2 of the lime you cut and using it as a mixer or muddling tool, mix the solid ingredients into the liquids. Press the open face of the lime against the mayo, garlic and anchovy rubbing them on to the bottom of the bowl while mixing with the liquid.
When you've done all the mixing you can, squeeze the lime into the mixture, add a pinch of salt and finish blending with your whisk.
Take one of the Romaine leaves and dip into the dressing and taste. If it tastes too oily add more lime. If it needs salt add some and taste again.

Assemble The Salad:

When the dressing tastes right, add the torn romaine, the croutons and 1/2 of the Parmesan cheese. Toss to coat thoroughly.
Either at the table or in the kitchen, divide the retained whole romaine leaves among the individual serving bowls. Place a serving of salad on each and sprinkle a little more parmesan on them.
When the guests get their bowl, ask them if they would like black pepper on the salad and either grind the pepper mill for them or pass the mill so they can do their own.