Fresh Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe With Rosemary & Garlic Is Why We Plant Herb Gardens Farm to Table Recipe Sauces/Condiments Salads

Rosemary, garlic and lemon? Wow! If your herb garden is overflowing with fresh rosemary, you have got to try this homemade salad dressing recipe. This lemon rosemary vinaigrette recipe is so flavorful and tasty over any type of salad! 

First, raid your herb garden and cut a few sprigs of fresh rosemary. If you don't have fresh rosemary growing in your yard, no worries! Just add it to this short list of ingredients needed for this salad dressing: fresh garlic, sea salt, lemons, olive oil and black pepper. The garlic, rosemary and salt is ground in a mortar and pestle until it makes a paste. Then, stir in the fresh lemon juice, olive oil and black pepper, to taste. 

Drizzle this lemony vinaigrette over salad greens, grilled chicken, grilled fish or shrimp, pasta salads or grain salads. 

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: Makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• black pepper, to taste

Helpful Products

• Mortar and Pestle
• Mixing Bowl
• Salad Dressing Cruets
• Chef Knife

Recipe Notes

• If you don't have a mortar and pestle, use the back of a spoon or side of a large chef knife to mash the ingredients together.

• Try this vinaigrette recipe with other fresh herbs.

• This easy garlic lemon and rosemary vinaigrette recipe can also be used as a marinade for chicken, seafood or beef.

Here's how to make it: 

1. Put the garlic, rosemary and salt into a mortar and pestle or bowl. Mash to make a paste. 
2. Add the lemon juice, olive oil and black pepper, to taste. Keep mashing and stirring until emulsified. 

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