Original Cobb Salad-Brown Derby
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
Cobb salad was created at the Brown Derby in Hollywood. Here's
the official story ... or legend, if you will ... as recorded
by the Brown Derby itself:"One night in 1937, Bob Cobb, then owner
of The Brown Derby, prowled hungrily in his restaurant's kitchen
for a snack. Opening the huge refrigerator, he pulled out this
and that: a head of lettuce, an avocado, some romaine, watercress,
tomatoes, some cold breast of chicken, a hard-boiled egg, chives,
cheese and some old-fashioned French dressing. He started chopping.
Added some crisp bacon -- swiped from a busy chef."The Cobb salad
was born. It was so good, Sid Grauman (Grauman's Chinese Theatre),
who was with Cobb that midnight, asked the next day for a
'Cobb Salad.' It was so good that it was put on the menu."Cobb's
midnight invention became an overnight sensation with Derby customers,
people like movie mogul Jack Warner, who regularly dispatched his
chauffeur to pick up a carton of the mouth-watering salad.
List of Ingredients
1/2 head lettuce ; about 4 cups
1 bunch watercress
1 small bunch chicory ; about 2 1/2 cups
1/2 head romaine ; about 2 1/2 cups
2 medium peeled tomatoes
6 strips of crisp bacon
2 breasts of boiled chicken
3 hard cooked eggs
1 avocado
1/2 cup crumbled Roquefort cheese
2 tablespoon chopped chives
1 cup ; (approximately) Original Cobb Salad Dressing
Recipe
Cut lettuce, half the watercress, chicory and romaine in fine pieces
and arrange in a large salad bowl.Cut tomatoes, bacon, chicken, eggs,
and avocado in small pieces and arrange, along with the crumbled
Roquefort cheese, in strips on the greens.Sprinkle finely cut chives
over the Cobb salad and garnish with the remaining watercress.Just
before serving mix the salad with the Cobb salad dressing.
Original Cobb Salad Dressing-Brown Derby
Ingredients:
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon dry English mustard
1 small clove garlic ; finely minced
1/4 cup full-flavored olive oil
3/4 cup salad oil
Instructions:
Blend all ingredients together, except oils. Add olive and
salad oils. Mix well.Blend well again before mixing with salad.
A note from the Brown Derby: "The water is optional, depending
upon the degree of oiliness desired in the dressing."
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