Recipes Salads Salad Dressing Vinaigrette Basil Vinaigrette 5.0 (5,253) Add your rating & review Plus: More Perfect Salad Dressings By Melissa Rubel Jacobson Updated on April 25, 2017 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Tina Rupp Yield: Makes 1/3 cup Ingredients 1 small garlic clove 1 cup packed basil leaves (coarsely chopped) ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 ½ tablespoons Champagne vinegar Pinch of crushed red pepper Salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions In a food processor, pulse the garlic until chopped. Add the basil and pulse until finely chopped. Add the oil, vinegar and crushed red pepper and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Notes Great With Heirloom tomato salad, pasta salad, panzanella salad and grilled fish, chicken or lamb. Rate it Print