This fresh sherry vinaigrette is a vibrant, flavorful salad dressing you’re going to crave! It’s the perfect addition to so many salads and adds the bright, bold flavor of sherry vinegar to everything it touches.
While it might seem that I like to share less-than-healthy dishes on the regular, I promise we eat more than pasta and cookies. (Well, at least occasionally!) Truthfully, we love fresh green salads of all kinds and try to eat them almost every day!
Because I eat them often, I like to mix my salads up by using different salad dressings and toppings. This sherry vinaigrette is a flavorful homemade salad dressing that pairs perfectly with fresh leafy greens.
This dressing is perfect to serve with my spring salad mix and cabbage salad. I love fresh homemade salad dressings! I’ve even got a round up of 15 of the BEST vinaigrette dressings – there’s truly something for everyone.
How To Make Sherry Vinaigrette
- Combine – Add the ingredients to a mason jar and seal the lid.
- Mix – Shake to combine.
- Don’t dress your salad until just before serving. If you add it too far ahead of time, the greens wilt and go soggy.
- If you aren’t using the dressing straight away, shake it before use as the ingredients will separate.
- You can either shake the ingredients together in a mason jar or whisk them together in a small bowl.
- You can make your own sherry vinegar by infusing 3/4 parts red wine vinegar and 1/4 part sherry, but it’s accessible at most grocery stores. Of course you can always purchase it online as well!
Sherry Vinegar is much less sweet and a lot more complex compared to balsamic. It’s a balanced, acidic blend that falls somewhere between a white and red wine vinegar in color, and it’s got the perfect zesty flavor for fresh salad dressing. Sherry vinegar based in sherry wine, aged for at least six months. So yes, there is alcohol in sherry vinaigrette, albeit very minimal.
While vinegar and olive oil are both shelf stable, homemade vinaigrette dressing recipes often have additional items like citrus, garlic, or mustard. Do not store this sherry vinaigrette at room temperature if you’ve added fresh ingredients!
Use leftover sherry vinaigrette in wraps, sandwiches, and on your favorite pasta salad.
- Room Temperature – If your sherry vinaigrette contains only vinegar, oil, and salt and pepper (as indicated in this recipe), you can store it for up to one week in an airtight container, preferably in a dark space like a cabinet.
- Refrigerate – You an also store this vinaigrette in the fridge for up to three weeks. However, if you’ve added fresh fruit or herbs, you should only use for up to a week!
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