Greener Goddess Dressing Recipe

By
Kerry Saretsky
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Kerry Saretsky

Kerry Saretsky interned at Serious Eats in 2008, and wrote the French in a Flash recipe column. She also writes her own blog on modernized French cuisine called French Revolution Food.

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Updated March 07, 2019
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Kerry Saretsky

This traditional thick and creamy garden dressing, full of scallions, garlic, and herbs, gets a healthy, buttery boosts from the addition of super-ripe avocado. I love both avocado and tarragon with seafood, so I think this is a cool alternative to cocktail sauce with shrimp, and nothing beats it with a fresh, all-green crudités platter.

Recipe Details

Greener Goddess Dressing Recipe

Active 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Serves 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 Hass avocado, roughly chopped
  • 2 scallions, trimmed and quartered
  • 1 large garlic clove
  • 2 anchovy fillets
  • 24 leaves of tarragon
  • 12 leaves of basil
  • The juice of 3/4 lemon
  • Kosher salt, to taste
  • Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. Put everything in the blender, and whiz on full blast until completely smooth. Serve over an iceberg wedge, with crudités, with shrimp cocktail, or with anything you want.

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