Dry salad dressing mix for campers, backpackers, etc.

[vivacity]

Source: www.wunderkessel.de
Contributor: Schubie

Ingredients:

60g salt (sea salt, coarse or fine...)
5g black peppercorns
20g yellow mustard seeds
15-25g citric or ascorbic acid
25g dried salad herbs

Before you prepare this mix, make sure that your TM bowl is completely dry.

Preparation:

1. Add salt, peppercorns and yellow mustard seeds to  and grind 30s/speed 10. Push down mix with the spatula while grinding.
2. Add citric or ascorbic acid along with the dried herbs and stir 15s/ /speed 3.

How to use:

Add a tbsp of this mix to yoghurt or sour cream for a quick salad sauce or dip. Mix with water and oil for a clear vinaigrette. You don't need to add vinegar, because the citric/ascorbic acid makes the sauce sour.

Why use this?

In Germany we can buy these little salad mix sachets from Knorr or Maggi, which you just mix with yoghurt or oil with water. Schubie, the contributor of this recipe, uses this dry salad mix when she's out on her boat, so that she can make a quick salad without taking loads of other ingredients with her. Some forum members found 25g of citric acid too sour, one said that 15g is definitely enough, so it's really a question of personal taste how much you add.

One forum member suggested adding dried tomatoes to the mix which could be good.

I just made double the quantity of salad dressing mix and used spice mix for tomato and rice dishes which contains the following dried ingredients: paprika, tomatoes, onions, peas, garlic, carrots, parsley, chilli and pepper. I'll try the mix out on a salad this evening, but I will say now that I think 15g of citric acid is enough for the slightly sour note that you need to replace the vinegar.

[brazen20au]

fantastic! thank you! dh and i were just talking today about when we'd go camping again

[vivacity]

When I saw the recipe I thought exactly the same. We can pack a small packet of this with a tiny bottle of oil and make salad dressing for our lunch with fresh vegetables from the market when we take a break from wandering around the Hungarian countryside in summer. It sounds really practical.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks vivacity.  Is the citric acid to give an acid kick or for preservation?? 

If you wanted to, sumac will give an acid it and a bit of variety, but if the citric acid is to preserve, then forget it.

[vivacity]

It's not easy to find sumac where I live. The citric acid is used to replace the vinegar that you'd usually use for your salad dressing. I think the salt would preserve it enough.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks - undesrtand now - the vinegar is something you won't have to carry   

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