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Creamy Lemon Herb Dipping Sauce

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 21, 2007

Time

10 minutes, plus 30 minutes standing

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes generous 1/2 cup)

Creamy Lemon Herb Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise, preferably homemade2 ½ tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves 1 large scallion, white and green part minced½ teaspoon table salt

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients in small bowl; season to taste with ground black pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and chill until flavors blend, at least 30 minutes.
Creamy Lemon Herb Dipping Sauce

Creamy Lemon Herb Dipping Sauce

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Time

10 minutes, plus 30 minutes standing

Yield

Serves 4 (Makes generous 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise, preferably homemade
2 ½ tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
1 large scallion, white and green part minced
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise, preferably homemade
2 ½ tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
1 large scallion, white and green part minced
½ teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise, preferably homemade
2 ½ tablespoons lemon juice from 1 lemon
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
1 large scallion, white and green part minced
½ teaspoon table salt

Why This Recipe Works

For a salmon cake recipe that would produce crisp, browned, bright-flavored cakes, we chopped fresh fillets by hand, used a bit of mayonnaise as a binder and fresh bread crumbs for texture, and flavored the cakes with a simple combination of onion, lemon juice, and parsley. Freezing the salmon cakes for 15 minutes before breading made them easier to handle and helped the breading to adhere.

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients in small bowl; season to taste with ground black pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and chill until flavors blend, at least 30 minutes.

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