Monday, December 27, 2010

Amanda's Broccoli Salad

One of my first days in my Culinary Arts class we sampled a specialty that the kitchen always featured. It was this Broccoli Salad. That day I stole the recipe from the kitchen and took it home. At first, I wasn't sure if I should try making it. I wasn't a great cook back then--at all! I literally started a fire on the stove boiling potatoes. How do you do that?! But I gave it a shot anyway. The first time I made this salad it became an instant classic with my family. They LOVED it! I was so excited that I had made something successfully that I made it over and over for the remaining week.
This is how you do it:
sauce:
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 cups mayo
salad:
1/3 pan (2 or 3 heads) broccoli
to your liking-raisins, red onion, and bacon
Stir the vinegar and sugar for few before adding the mayo. Stir thoroughly. Refrigerate. **Make the sauce a day in advance to avoid grainy sauce**

For the salad, cut the broccoli into bite size pieces. It's very important that you don't cut them too big, otherwise you will get comments :P
Add chopped onion.
And raisins.
Stir in bacon and sauce when ready to serve!
Real easy. Real good.

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