Vinaigrette

Vinaigrette is a condiment sauce made with vegetable oil, sometimes with mustard, shallot, or spices. Cooks use it as a dressing or marinade and pair it with globe artichoke, asparagus, and leek.

May contain dairy
May contain milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Condiments & seasonings
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: France
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Jules · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use vinaigrette

Typical ways to cook or use it

Dressing
Marinade

Made from

vegetable oil
table salt (sometimes)
spice (sometimes)
bell pepper (sometimes)
shallot (sometimes)
mustard (sometimes)
raspberry (sometimes)
sugar (sometimes)
garlic (sometimes)
cherry (sometimes)
cheese (sometimes)

Preparing it

For a traditional emulsion, whisk 3 parts oil with 1 part vinegar.

Goes well with

Good to know

Diet and allergens: vinaigrette in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Sometimes milk (only when the optional ingredient is used)
Animal origin: Sometimes dairy (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Around the world

What vinaigrette is called

Names in 46 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
vinagreta · Salsa vinagreta
French
vinaigrette
Italian
vinaigrette
Portuguese
vinagrete
German
Vinaigrette · Vinaigretten
Dutch
vinaigrette
Greek
βινεγκρετ
Turkish
Vinaigrette
Russian
винегретная заправка · соус винегрет · французская заправка
Polish
winegret · vinaigrette · sos winegret
Persian
وینگرت
Hebrew
וינגרט

Show all 46 languages

Albanian
vinagrete
Armenian
Վինեգրետ (թանձրուկ)
Asturian
Vinagreta
Bangla
ভিনাইগ্রেট
Basque
Ozpin-olio
Belarusian
вінегрэтная запраўка
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
вінэгрэт
Brazilian Portuguese
Vinagrete
Breton
gwinegrenn
Bulgarian
Винегрет
Catalan
vinagreta · Salsa vinagreta
Chinese
醋酱 · 油醋汁
Czech
vinaigrette
Danish
vinaigrette
Esperanto
vinagreto
Estonian
vinaigrette
Finnish
vinaigrette
Galician
vinagreta
Hungarian
vinaigrette · vinegrette · vinegrett
Indonesian
minyak asam · saus Vinaigrette
Japanese
ヴィネグレットソース · ヴィネグリットソース · ビネグレットソース
Javanese
Vinaigrette
Kazakh (Arabic)
ۆىينەگرەت
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Винегрет
Kazakh (Latin)
Vïnegret
Korean
비네그레트
Lithuanian
Burokėlių mišrainė · Vinegretas
Luxembourgish
Vinaigrette
Malay
Vinaigrette
Malayalam
വിനൈഗ്രെറ്റെ
Norwegian Bokmål
vinaigrette
Norwegian Nynorsk
vinaigrette
Punjabi
ਵਿਨੈਗਰੇਟ
Simplified Chinese
醋酱
Simplified Chinese (China)
醋汁
Slovenian
vinaigrette · solatna polivka
Swedish
vinägrett · vinaigrette
Swiss High German
Vinaigrette
Traditional Chinese
醋醬
Ukrainian
внегрет · вінігрет
Uzbek
Vinegret ziravori
Vietnamese
Dầu giấm

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q847441

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