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Harold's Florentine Salad Dressing

This recipe made it's developer (a european-trained chef who died a few years back), a very rich man. I used to eat regularly at his fine restaurant in portsmouth, ohio, and i never ever missed having a green salad with this incredible dressing. Peoples' tastes are different, but, to me, this is the finest salad dressing i have ever tasted anywhere. I have already halved the recipe and reduced the salt content by about 1/3. You'll need a kitchen-aide mixer for this one and don't shortcut the blending time (i have to do it in 2 batches) or you'll be disappointed. I'm posting the recipe here so that i can always go back to it if i happen to misplace my own copy. I hope that you enjoy this rare and unique italian salad dressing as much as i do.

Steps

Split all ingredients in half and make half a batch at a time.
Pour the lemon juice and garlic powder in the kitchen-aide mixing bowl and , with the wire whip attachement , blend on setting #2 until the powder is completely dissolved ,.
Add the onions , cayenne pepper , sugar , and salt.
Blend on setting #2 for at least 20 minutes.
Gradually add the oil as it is blending and continue to mix for the full 20 minutes.
In a large container , mix the two batches of dressing together.
Stir continually as you bottle the dressing in smaller containers.
Refrigerate until use -- always serve very cold on chilled salads.

Ingredients

lemon juice, garlic powder, onions, cayenne pepper, sugar, salt, canola oil