Fact: Homemade salad dressings are better. They are fresh, lively, and easy to customize. This is especially true when it comes to the oft-maligned classic, Thousand Island dressing—yes, I mean that pink dressing on the salad bar in the giant squeeze bottle.
The homemade version of this dressing has a few neat tricks up its sleeve—including a hard-boiled egg used as a thickener. The alchemy transforms the dressing into a tamer of the bitterest of greens; it’s also a frequent partner for crisp iceberg lettuce, and the true identity behind the Big Mac’s special sauce.
What is Thousand Island Dressing?
Thousand Island dressing is made with mayonnaise and ketchup (or some other sweetened tomato condiment), thickened with a hard-boiled egg pressed through a sieve, and enlivened with vinegar and sweet pickle relish….