Recipes Grilled Fall Vegetable Salad with Boiled Dressing Be the first to rate & review! Boiled salad dressings—which aren't actually boiled but heated gently in a double boiler—are butter-based vinaigrettes that became popular in the South, due to the onetime lack of good-quality vegetable oils. In this version for a grilled-vegetable salad, Hugh Acheson gently cooks egg yolks, spices and vinegar until silky and light, then whips in the luxuriously rich combination of butter, cream, and crème fraîche. By Hugh Acheson Hugh Acheson Instagram Hugh Acheson is the Canadian-born chef and restaurateur of Empire State South in Atlanta and Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia. He is a judge on the reality cooking competition series Top Chef and an Iron Chef on Iron Chef Canada. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 17, 2017 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Jody Horton Active Time: 40 mins Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins Yield: 8 Ingredients 12 baby beets, trimmed 12 baby carrots, peeled and trimmed 12 baby turnips, peeled and trimmed 16 thin asparagus spears, trimmed 8 baby leeks or large scallions, trimmed 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 large egg yolks 1/4 cup sherry vinegar 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon sugar Pinch of cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon unsalted butter 1/4 cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon crème fraîche 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest 8 cups (4 ounces) arugula Directions Preheat the oven to 400°. Put the beets in a small baking dish, cover with foil and bake for about 40 minutes, until tender. When cool enough to handle, peel and halve the beets and transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the carrots and boil over moderately high heat until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer to the baking sheet. Add the turnips to the boiling water and cook until just tender, about 3 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Repeat with the asparagus, cooking until bright green, about 2 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Add the leeks and cook until just tender, about 2 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet. Halve the carrots, turnips and leeks lengthwise. Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. In a medium stainless steel bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the vinegar, flour, mustard, sugar and cayenne pepper until smooth. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk over low heat until hot and thick, about 2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat. Whisk in the butter, then the cream, crème fraîche, 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice and the lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper. Light a grill or preheat a grill pan. Grill the blanched vegetables over medium heat, turning once or twice, until lightly charred, about 5 minutes. On a platter, toss the arugula with the 2 teaspoons of olive oil and the remaining 2 teaspoons of lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Arrange the grilled vegetables over the arugula and serve the boiled dressing on the side. Make Ahead The blanched vegetables can be refrigerated overnight. The boiled dressing can be refrigerated for up to 1 week. Rate it Print