How to preserve home-made salad dressing, without using bad preservatives? [closed]
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I want to start making my own salad dressing because I don't like all of the stuff they put in processed food. However, I still would like my dressings to last more than just a few days in the fridge. What kinds of preservatives (hopefully natural ones) can I use to preserve home-made salad dressings?
Best Answer
What is a "bad preservative"?
The main additive preservatives used today are ascorbic acid, citric acid, ethanol, salt, sodium nitrate (pink salt), sugar, and vinegar - all of which have been used for centuries, and other than with excessive use, are not seen as harmful
Weird chemical preservatives are often only used with weird chemical ingredients, stick to basics and you'll be fine
Pasteurisation, electrical pulse, and other heat treatments are used commercially and give products those amazing shelf live times. Without specific equipment and monitoring systems they are hard to reliable reproduce at home
Your home made dressing will last long enough in the fridge for you to get bored with it and want a new flavour :-)
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How do you increase the shelf life of salad dressing?
Heat Treatment. It is a good idea to ensure that the salad dressing receive a heat treatment especially if the product is bacteriostatic and even if it is bactericidal. This will help ensure that spoilage organisms are killed which will help lengthen the shelf life of the product and ensure that the product is safe.How do you preserve homemade dressings?
(Never store dressings in plastic; the plastic tends to absorb the flavors and oil and is hard to clean.) For making homemade salad dressing, not only will you need something to mix it in but several glass decanters for storing and serving, one for each type of dressing that you are storing.How do you store salad dressing to keep its freshness quality and taste?
The best way to store salad dressing is the same as storing any leftover food: in a container with a lid with as much air removed as possible and stored in the refrigerator. Just like eggs, it's best if these are stored not on the refrigerator door, but on the shelf where it's colder.What is the shelf life of homemade salad dressing?
Generally, vinaigrettes can be kept refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Dairy-based dressings, like buttermilk, and dressings made with fresh ingredients, like chopped onion, fresh herbs, tomato sauce and chopped hard-boiled egg, will keep up to 1 week.8 Healthy Salad Dressings (REALLY QUICK)
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Answer 2
Your homemade salad dressings will certainly last longer than a few days in the refrigerator. According to Still Tasty, you can keep homemade salad dressing for two weeks in the refrigerator.
However, your salad dressing will separate if you do not include an emulsifier. A separated salad dressing just needs to be mixed up again, which may require warming the dressing if the fat begins to solidify.
Common emulsifiers include mustard powder, honey, and egg yolks (although the last of these introduces its own problems in terms of health risks unless your salad dressing is heated).
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