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Rich and fragrant with fresh garlic, smooth and creamy with puréed hemp seeds and alive with fresh tarragon, Creamy Tarragon-Hemp Dressing adds delicious flavor, creaminess, herbal vivacity and color to any salad!
This recipe is perfect for most gourmet and real food diets, including gluten-free, grain-free, Paleo, Whole30, Low Carb, Keto and Vegan.
It’s a wonder that fresh tarragon isn’t better known and used more often!, as it has an amazing flavor and delicate leaves that have a great tender texture.
Use Creamy Tarragon-Hemp Dressing on crisp lettuce leaves, any chop salad, main dish salads with protein and even as a garnish for colorful Mediterranean cooking or mezza style meals.
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Ingredients in Creamy Tarragon-Hemp Dressing
- fresh tarragon
- extra-virgin olive oil
- water
- hemp seeds, also called hemp hearts (Find them here.)
- fresh garlic
- quality salt
How to make fresh tarragon dressing
The key to this dressing is the fresh herb, tarragon, and the creaminess that hemp seeds yield when puréed! The fabulous outcome is simply accomplished in the blender:
- Combine all ingredients in high-powered blender and puree on medium-high speed until smooth, about 50 seconds.
- Serve, or chill until needed.
Store any leftovers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
What to put this dressing on
Of course, Creamy Tarragon Dressing is amazing on your favorite lettuces, especially romaine hearts and butter lettuce.
You can also mix it into hearty salads, like: egg salad, potato salad, pasta salad, chopped salad or chef salad.
Try this thick creamy dressing with main dish proteins that are served with lettuce, like: Salmon Patties, smoked fish, hard boiled eggs, canned tuna, on Salade Nicoise or Meal Prep Chicken Thighs.
Set it out among mezza dishes, to provide an herbal Mediterranean condiment.
Lastly, it’s great served on the side, how ranch dressing is sometimes served, so each person can pour their own, or dip.
Creamy Tarragon-Hemp Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- .5 ounce tarragon , fresh: about ⅔ of a plastic clamshell if you buy it prepackaged; about ½ cup loose leaves if bought in bulk or homegrown
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup hemp seeds , also called hemp hearts
- 1 clove fresh garlic crushed
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in high-powered blender and puree on medium-high speed until smooth, about 50 seconds.
- Serve, or chill until needed.
Nutrition
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Anna @GreenTalk says
I have to cook the garlic before I use it since my husband is sensitive to it. Should I cook 2 cloves? Also, is it 1/2c dried tarragon?
Megan Stevens says
I would use two cloves garlic, as you say, since it will mellow with cooking. The tarragon needs to be fresh; that is the aliveness of this recipe. If you need to use dried then I would use 1 T. …and rehydrate it a bit by having the water in the recipe be hot. Then chill the whole recipe after blending. Good luck!
Emily @ Recipes to Nourish says
This sounds so delicious! I love fresh tarragon … it has such a beautiful flavor. That color is just gorgeous too!
Megan Stevens says
Thanks, Emily! I agree, a beautiful flavor. 🙂