- 2
- 15 mins
- 15 mins
Ingredients
- optional:
- 2 teaspoons anchovy paste or 2-4 canned anchovies
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 3/4 cup sour cream or nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped tarragon
- 3 Tbsp chopped chives
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- basil
- avacado
Preparation
Step 1
Vary the proportions of the herbs to suit your taste. If you want, add some ripe avocado to the mix.
Put all of the ingredients in the bowl of a blender or food processor and blend or pulse until you get an evenly smooth dressing, about 30-45 seconds.
Makes about 2 cups.
Great question. If I were to make this without herbs fresh from my garden, and if I were being budget-wise, I would still use fresh parsley (that’s cheap and available), dried tarragon, and the greens from green onions. ~Elise
this sounds great! it’s exactly the basic mix i use to make caesar dressing: mayo, garlic, lemon juice, anchovy – minus the parmesan cheese & evoo, plus herbs and sour cream.
homemade dressings make such a difference, and they’re usually made with stuff you already have on hand :) thanks!
Anchovies are great, they melt into sauces and dressings like this and just make them taste better. ~Elise
It does taste good and I will step back in time and make it again. Thanks for the reminder.
Ah, memory lane. We used to make a version of this in our restaurant in the 80′s with yogurt and spinach (Tao Dressing). I love your use of anchovies–I agree, they make everything so much better, and even haters can’t identify the je-ne-sais-quoi flavor. I just washed and stored a few buckets of farmer’s market lettuce, now waiting to be dressed! Thanks for the reminder, I’m going with this version.
I remember eating this all the time when I was a little kid (in the early 70s in Missouri). I’m sure it was either a packaged mix or a bottle though. And then we discovered ranch dressing – along with the rest of the world (and we never tasted a vegetable again)! But it might be time to revisit Green Goddess, now that I’ve discovered the joys of making my own dressings and sauces.
Actually Elise your recipe is very close to the original Palace Hotel creation. Lose the garlic and the lemon juice and add one green onion sliced and you have theirs perfectly.
I got excited when I saw the words “Goddess Dressing”! But I was hoping it was like the version that Annie’s makes. I’m still excited to try the one you’ve posted, but if you ever run across one like Annie’s, I’d be in your debt – I’ve never found one and it’s my favorite dressing EVER. Like in the ever of ever.
I make a slightly healthier version of this, replacing most of the mayo with avocado, and the sour cream with Greek yogurt. It’s delicious!