how to make balsamic vinaigrette dressing hello welcome to videojug my name is CJ today I'm going to share to make a classic method for vinaigrettes vinaigrette is a French word but not everything what the French is all that hard you will need the following ingredients to make 1 cup of vinegar dressing and don't worry there'll be a full recap at the end step 1 dice the shallots the first thing you want to do when you have your station set up before I do anything is make sure everything is not like wiggling around you don't wanna slice yourself in like that so to combat that you just put wet paper towel underneath or a dish towel and bam setup there doesn't move anymore voila well begin first by cutting up some shallots just down the middle like this and a whisk that guy's side I'm gonna take off this outer portion here voila beautiful shallots slicing it twice down the middle here of the shower then I just like this right on the top and now it cuts into a nice small fine dice cut the shallot lengthwise several times then width wise several times to create finely diced pieces so then we move this put it into our Bowl step two add vinegar and oil I have a belong vinegar to the shallots a little pinch of salt to start will be seasoning it as we go a little bit of black pepper and then depending on what all you like this is an olive oil yeah we also have a canola oil here we go ahead and just start drizzling it in while we whisk very simple very easy and you'll add about one part balsamic vinegar to say two parts of the oil once you have some rapid agitation to the vinegar it allows for a bonding to happen with the fat or the oil and it starts to come together and we'll start to get creamier and creamier and creamier step 3 season to taste alright so I'm just gonna finish a little more olive oil here it seems like it's emulsified and a little taste to her adds give some salt a little pepper for seasoning it's pretty much there though so then I'm just going to do a little squeeze of lemon I kind of do this the end of my vinaigrette it's kind of brightens things up a little bit not too much tea squeeze a little more of a stirrer and it should be there there it is vinaigrette not too hard don't buy in the store make it your house