Chicken Caesar Salad

Now, to many this is nothing new as it is widely known and well liked in English speaking countries.
I was tought this particular recipe by Martha, a Canadian acquantance, about 20 years ago (gosh, I'm getting on a bit).
It's been a while since I last prepared caesar salad and don't really know why I suddenly felt the urge.  Must have been the spring weather. It felt quite nostalgic eating it again.

Normally this is made with romaine lettuce, but iceberg works well too.

Ingredients

• 1 clove of garlic, peeled
• 1/2 tbsp mustard powder
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 tbsp Worcester sauce
• 1 coddled egg (*)
• 1 tin of anchovies
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 5 tbsp sunflower oil
• 3 heaped tbsp freshly grated parmesan
• seasoning (salt and freshly cracked black pepper)
• shavings of parmesan
• croutons (**)
• cubed cooked chicken (***)
• romaine or iceberg lettuce

(*)You coddle an egg by dropping (you know what I mean ;) ) it with shell in water that has just boiled. Leave for one minute. Take it out and leave to cool.
(**) Croutons, made from sliced and cubed bread. Either fry in  a pan with some oil or spread them on an oven tray and toast them in the oven.
(***)The chicken can be blanched, panfried or leftover roast chicken. I had fillet of chicken (our home grown) which I dowsed (when cubed) in a marinade.  Juice of 1/2 lemon, splash of olive oil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, salt, black pepper, garlic powder,paprika and a pinch of cayenne.  Then shallow fried in a pan. hm-hm.

Preparation

• In a jug/beaker, put the garlic, Worcester sauce, lemon juice, mustard, coddled egg, 1/2 of the anchovies.
• Use a hand held blender and blend till smooth.
• Add the oil and blend again. You should have a creamy consistency.
• Now step away from the blender and add the grated parmesan.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• That's your dressing ready.
• Rip the lettuce leaves in large pieces toss with the dressing (only just before serving), croutons, slivers of the anchovies, chicken and finish with the shavings and more black pepper.
• Whoah !

Patricia xxx...x