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Pickle and dressing recipes (45)

Try your hand at a homemade pickle, and also find homemade salad dressings that cost a fraction of shop bought.

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Alaine's Blue Cheese Dressing

Recipe by: Alaine

A classic American salad dressing. Use Danish blue, Gorgonzola or Roquefort. Serve over a crisp green salad.

Apple Cranberry Relish

Recipe by: Karen Dunn

This relish has a great flavour, especially with the addition of celery. It goes well on leftover turkey in a sandwich on Boxing Day. Chopped nuts can be added if desired.

Asian ginger dressing

Recipe by: Dieter Weber

Terrific salad dressing for all salads - especially great for use on cabbage salads. Everyone who has had the dressing wants the recipe.

Aubergine pickle

Recipe by: Rupert Smith

Black onion seeds (Kalonji) give this recipe a slightly pickled taste. They can be difficult to find but are essential to the recipe. Look in a local provision store run by an Indian and you should find them. Serve as a vegatable dish with other Indian recipes.

Avocado Green Goddess Dressing

Recipe by: LISALISALISA

Green goddess dressing was popular in the 70s - with it's gorgeous mix of flavours, why not start a revival? This is perfect over crisp and mild lettuce leaves, like romaine or little gem.

Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil Salad Dressing

Recipe by: Mellie

Add balsamic vinegar to your dressing to give it a fresh and lively taste!

Basic creamy dressing

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

Made with fromage frais or yogurt, this rich, smooth and refreshing dressing is lower in fat than traditional creamy dressings based on mayonnaise. It can be stored in the fridge for 1–2 days.

Basic vinaigrette

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

A vinaigrette can be mixed specially for a salad or it can be made in a larger quantity, to use as required – it will keep in the fridge for several weeks. If made ahead, store it in a screw-top jar and shake well just before using.

Basil Vinaigrette

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Recipe by: Richard

This dressing is great with artichokes, asparagus, or green salad, and it's one of the easiest recipes I have! Using a good quality olive oil makes a big difference in this dressing.

Berry Vinegar

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Recipe by: Beatrice

My family loves to use raspberries or blackberries in this recipe. We love this vinegar on fresh, green salads - it makes a perfect vinaigrette. Prepare close to the time of use.

Blue Cheese Dressing

Recipe by: Nancy Blair

Blue Cheese dressing has many uses. It can be served with vegetable sticks or as a dip for other starters, like chicken wings. And it's gorgeous on a crisp green salad with garlic croutons, cherry tomatoes and chicken breast fillets.

Chinese Pickled Mooli

Recipe by: MARBALET

Mooli is the Hindi word for a large crunchy white radish that is used all over South and East Asia - known as daikon in Japan and by various names in China. It's sometimes available in bigger supermarkets, but you can buy it in any Asian supermarket.

Compote of red onions

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

Sweet red onions become wonderfully tender and take on a glorious colour when cooked with beetroot – great with pork and cheese dishes.

Delicious French Salad Dressing

Recipe by: TurkeyGirl

Liven up your salads! This is a super quick recipe for making a delicious dressing that I learnt whilst studying in France. It'll make fresh leaf salads more exciting and it is easily adaptable to make it your own!

Dijon Salad Dressing

Recipe by: sal

This is a tangy mustard vinaigrette that's easy to make.

Easy Horseradish Dressing

Recipe by: sal

If you like horseradish - this creamy peppery dressing is a cinch to make and is great with beetroot, new potatoes or a simple green salad.

Gran's Piccalilli

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Recipe by: Ruth

This is my gran's recipe. It makes a good amount, so be prepared to give some of it away - perfect for Christmastime. Serve with cold cuts, cheese or a Ploughman's lunch.

Herb Infused Olive Oil

Recipe by: Carol

Olive oil infused with an abundance of Mediterranean herbs. Perfect to give as a gift round Christmastime.

Homemade Mayonnaise

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Recipe by: CYNTHIAPIEDRA

This is the way that we have made mayonnaise for years and years in my family, before commercial mayonnaise was sold so cheaply. It's always delicious!

Honey & Mustard Salad Dressing

Recipe by: Mary Ann

It's amazing how only four ingredients can make this easy, delicious dressing - honey, mayonnaise, lemon juice and mustard. Whisk it up with a fork just before serving, and try it with cold chicken and mixed salad leaves.