Maple Balsamic Dressing is the perfect sweet and tangy vinaigrette for salad but it also makes a great marinade and dipping sauce. The possibilities are endless - and delicious! You'll have this made in 5 minutes with only 7 ingredients!
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Why You'll ❤️ Maple Balsamic Dressing
"I love the maple twist on this balsamic vinaigrette recipe and that it takes less than less than 5 minutes - PLUS it's so much better than store-bought dressing!"
Looking for recipes that use this dressing? Try these Balsamic Pork Chops where it's used as a glaze or this fantastic Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad. Give them a try and let me know what you think! 🙂
Many uses! Enjoy this homemade salad dressing not just on salad but as a glaze on a protein, as a marinade, or just dip bread and veggies in it! There are so many possibilities with this robust maple balsamic dressing.
Quick and easy. All you have to do is measure your ingredients, combine them in a bowl and use a blender to add your oil slowly. You can have this dressing made in less than 5 minutes and can easily store the leftovers!
It's healthy. This recipe is vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, paleo, low carb, and if you use a maple syrup substitute you can adapt this to a keto and a sugar-free diet!
🥘 What You'll Need
Here are the ingredients and tools you will need to make maple balsamic dressing:
Ingredients
Extra Virgin Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Real maple syrup - for the best taste use real maple syrup. If you are following a sugar-free or keto diet substitute a sugar free version.
Lemon - you'll need the lemon juice and lemon zest.
Dijon mustard
Coarse ground pepper
For exact ingredient quantities, please see the recipe card below!
🔪 How To Make It
Here are the step-by-step instructions for making maple balsamic dressing:
Combine
First, measure and add all the ingredients except the olive oil into a small mixing bowl.
Whisk all ingredients together until combined.
Add oil
Next, while whisking, slowly add the extra virgin olive oil to the blended liquid until the dressing has combined (emulsified).
Season and serve
Season your dressing additionally to your taste and enjoy!
🥗 How To Serve
Here are a few ways to serve maple balsamic dressing:
Salad dressing - drizzle over the top of your favorite salad to add lots of flavor while keeping it healthy. This goes very well in a salad with goat cheese, dried cranberries, and walnuts.
Marinade - easily use this dressing as a flavorful marinade on your favorite protein! I suggest chicken, pork, fish, and vegetables.
Glaze - bake chicken or pork chops and use this dressing as a glaze while cooking. Bonus: serve with a side of the dressing as a dipping sauce!
Dip - use this dressing as a dip and serve with vegetables or cubed-up sourdough bread. So delicious!
📖 Variations
Here are a few ways you can vary or make substitutions to this recipe:
- Spice it up with a dash of red pepper flakes to the dressing before blending!
- Add any additional seasonings of your choice. I suggest fresh or ground ginger, garlic, or even finely minced onion.
- Feel free to substitute dijon mustard with your favorite kind of mustard.
💭 Top Tips
- Make sure you add your oil slowly to your mixture. This will incorporate the oil and prevent the oil from separating from the other ingredients.
- Adjust any seasoning or ingredient to your liking.
- If you do not have a hand blender, you can also use a whisk to mix.
❓FAQs
How To Store
Store unused leftovers in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to seven days after preparing.
A balsamic vinaigrette is generally good for you but it is of course, based upon the rest of the ingredients used in your dressing. This recipe is healthy and uses olive oil for the fat and only simple basic ingredients. making it vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, and low carb.
✔️ More Salad Dressing Recipes
Here are some more salad dressing recipes I know you'll love:
- Creamy Dill Salad Dressing (Sugar Free Low Carb) - makes a great sauce for seafood too!
- How To Make Blue Cheese Dressing - perfect blue cheese dressing every time.
- Low Carb Keto Italian Dressing Recipe - this is a double duty dressing that can be used as a marinade too!
- How To Make Thousand Island Dressing (Keto & Low Carb) - one of my favorites!
- Catalina French Salad Dressing Recipe (Sugar Free) - you'll also love this as a marinade.
- Avocado Dressing (Vegan Salad Dressing) - SO good. Amazing over tacos.
📋 Recipe
Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ⅓ cup balsamic vinegar
- ⅓ cup real maple syrup
- 1 medium-sized lemon (zested and juiced)
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon course ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients except for the extra-virgin olive oil into a small mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Next, slowly whisk the olive oil into the blended liquid until the sauce has blended together.
- Season to taste and serve.
Notes
- Don't miss all of our helpful hints, substitution ideas, cooking tips, and other delicious recipes that can be found in our post. Check it out!
- TOP TIPS: Use real syrup unless you are following a sugar free or keto diet then use a substitute. When adding the olive oil to the dressing, add it slowly, so the dressing emulsifies and doesn't separate.
- SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Serve this dressing as a glaze on chicken, pork, or fish. Try this recipe with Balsamic Pork Chops or this Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad.
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