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Lorenzo dressing

Lorenzo dressing

8.8
A spicy salad sauce made with chili sauce and chopped watercress
  • noun
translation icon : aderezo Lorenzo
  • I tried making Lorenzo dressing at home with fresh watercress and chili sauce.

Examples

  • The chef added Lorenzo dressing to the salad for an extra kick of flavor.

  • Have you tried Lorenzo dressing with grilled chicken?

  • You can request Lorenzo dressing instead of ranch if you prefer something spicy.

  • I love the taste of Lorenzo dressing on my salad.

  • The chef added Lorenzo dressing to the salad for an extra kick of flavor.

  • You can request Lorenzo dressing instead of ranch if you prefer something spicy.

  • I tried making Lorenzo dressing at home with fresh watercress and chili sauce.

Synonyms

vinaigrette
vsLorenzo dressing
28 3.3

A salad dressing made from oil and vinegar, often with mustard or garlic

is the same dressing type but specifically uses chili sauce and chopped watercress
sauce vinaigrette
vsLorenzo dressing
3.4

A cold dressing of oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

is the variant that uses chili sauce and chopped watercress instead

Surface Forms

Lorenzo dressing singular
Lorenzo dressings plural

Morphology

Lorenzo + dressing

Knowing 'dressing' (a vinaigrette or sauce for salads) lets a B1 learner infer that 'Lorenzo dressing' is a type of salad dressing, so the general category is recoverable. However, 'Lorenzo' is an eponym/proper name that gives no clues about ingredients or flavor (chili sauce and watercress), so the specific meaning is not derivable from the constituents and the expression is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Lorenzo dressing may come from a cook named Lorenzo who mixed bright chili sauce with peppery watercress to top salads. So, today the name means 'a vinaigrette' made with those ingredients and gives a 'spicy' kick.