Seared Caesar Salad with Blackberries and Pepitas
Grilled Caesar salads are very in right now. The first one I tasted was at Flatbush Farm in Brooklyn. It is a dish that combines three of my eating goals: foods that taste good, foods that help you poop, and foods cooked with fire (which is actually a sub-category of foods that taste good). While most people would agree everything tastes better grilled, most people also don't whip out the grill for a quick weeknight meal. I own a charcoal grill, which commits me to at least an hour of figuring out every single thing in my house that I have that I can throw on the grill while the coals are still hot in order to maximize their utility. One thing I do own which I am never hesitant to pull out for a quick meal is my cast iron griddle. I had made kale Caesar salad before with kale from my garden and this recipe with some adaptations, so I made the same dressing and sliced some Romaine hearts longitudinally. The changes I made to the salad dressing were to use anchovy paste inst
