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Greek Dressing - Trying to reverse engineer

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    Greek Dressing - Trying to reverse engineer

    My local Greek restaurant has an excellent house salad dressing and they sell it by the bottle. When it settles in the bottle, it creates 3 striations: oil, pink, and darker pink. Working under the assumption that the recipe is EVOO, red wine vinegar, water, sugar and spices, any idea why that would create 3 striations? I’m trying to recreate the recipe and curious if there is something else in the dressing or if I’m just showing off my lack of chemistry fundamentals. Thanks!
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    awsop I think something in there has caused some emulsification of the oil and vinegar, resulting in a “3rd” layer. Maybe?

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    • awsop
      awsop commented
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      Ah ha! Thanks SheliaAnn! So maybe there’s some Dijon mustard or yogurt in there causing the emulsion. But not enough to emulsify it completely. Maybe?

    #3
    We get some from the local Greek restaurant, their separates too. Only into two layers though. No red or pink, all white in the bottle. Is red wine vinegar required?

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    • SheilaAnn
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      Johnny Booth any Greek vinaigrette recipe I’ve made has had red wine vinegar. That included working at a Greek restaurant, too.

    #4
    Do they use red onions in the recipe? Along with the red wine vinegar, that might amp up the color.

    Kathryn

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      #5
      I’m wanting to see the final recipie. My wife is a big fan of Greek dressing. If I could make good stuff from scratch, that would be great.

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        #6
        fzxdoc I don’t believe there are red onions in it. No visual or taste evidence.

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          #7
          Man, I love reading a good mystery. Can’t wait ‘til you guys get to the part where you figure out whatdunit.

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            #8
            Geeze...It could be anything. Maybe a little Labne too.

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              #9
              After an intensive 10-second internet search, I found THIS RECIPE that at least looks similar:

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              • awsop
                awsop commented
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                Thanks MBMorgan. I came across this as well. Time to do some trial and error experiments.

              • yakima
                yakima commented
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                Thanks for the link. Just put it together. Mighty fine.

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