Best champagne vinaigrette salad dressing recipe! It's crisp and light, adding a twist of sweet and tart to salads. Our winning ratio for this vinaigrette is 1 part champagne vinegar to 3 parts oil and a dab of Dijon mustard.
A vinaigrette is a basic sauce that is used for marinades, salad dressings, dips, and even poured over pasta to add rich flavor to meals.
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- 🕒 Prep Time: 3 minutes
- 🌡️ Cook Time: none, just shake
- ⏳ Total Time: 3 minutes
- 🍽️ Yield: about 1 cup, or 16 tablespoons
- ⚡ Calories: 91kcal per tablespoon, per the recipe card
- 🥣 Ingredients: olive oil, champagne vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Crisp, light, mildly sweet and tangy
- ✋ Difficulty: Shake and pour
Quick Answer
Add ¾ cup olive oil, ¼ cup champagne vinegar, 1 to 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard and a dash of salt and pepper to a mason jar or salad dressing bottle. Close the lid and shake until combined. It makes about 1 cup and keeps about a week in the refrigerator.
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It is a basic recipe made of oil, and acid such as vinegar or citrus juice, and salt and pepper, although other ingredients can be added to change the flavor such as shallots, mustard, and ginger (to name a few). Citrus is less acidic while red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and champagne vinegar have high acidic levels so less of the ingredient is needed. When making this champagne vinaigrette recipe, we like to work with a 1 to 3 ratio so that the vinegar is not too overpowering, but brings about robust taste.
What Is Champagne Vinegar
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- A fruity vinegar commonly made from chardonnay and pinot noir grapes.
- Made like apple cider vinegar: the grapes are fermented with "the mother" into an alcohol, then an acetic acid (vinegar).
- A hint of sweet without the sugar, since it is burned off during the fermentation process.
- Crisp, light, mild and floral, so it never overpowers a salad.
- Swap it with Asian rice vinegar in an equal amount if you can't find it.
Why This Champagne Vinaigrette Is the Best
- 3 simple ingredients and a dash of salt and pepper to taste.
- Ready in 3 minutes in a jar or dressing bottle.
- The absolute best for most salads, and a marinade for chicken.
- Keeps about a week in the refrigerator.
- A 1 to 3 ratio that is tangy, never harsh.
Key Ingredients
- Champagne vinegar - this is the acid that brings about all the flavor of sweet and acidic.
- Extra virgin olive oil - use a light olive oil which has excellent heart health benefits and is loaded with antioxidants.
- Dijon mustard - this provides the tangy flavor.
- Salt and pepper - just a dash is all you need as there is already salt in the Dijon mustard.
See recipe card for quantities.
Why I Keep This Vinaigrette on Hand
This champagne vinaigrette is the absolute best for most salads, and to be used as a marinade for chicken. Easily make it in a mason jar or use a salad dressing mixing bottle and have it on hand for a few days!
Enjoy this champagne vinaigrette dressing on all types of vegetables! It is a family favorite go-to recipe, and adds maximum flavor to foods like salad and meat that need a little pizzazz to bring out the best of flavors.
How to Make Champagne Vinaigrette
Homemade champagne vinaigrette dressing can be made 3 ways: in a jar with lid, in a salad dressing mixing bottle with a lid, or stirred in a bowl. Jars are easiest to mix a dressing recipe together as it has a wider mouth to pour in the ingredients (although I make mine straight into a dressing bottle for easy pouring).
1Add the ingredients. Add the champagne vinegar, olive oil, mustard, and a dash of salt and pepper to the jar or bottle.
2Shake. Mix the ingredients together by closing the lid and giving it a good shake. Use right away or store in the refrigerator.
As always, be sure to check out the full recipe details in the recipe card below.
Expert Tips
- Storing salad dressing. Store champagne vinaigrette dressing in a sealed jar in the refrigerator or use it right away. Homemade salad dressing will last for a few days when it uses fresh produce such as herbs and avocado, and vinaigrette dressings last about a week.
- Add-ins. Shallots, honey, or lemon juice can also be added but you might want to then adjust the vinegar up or down.
- Shake again before serving, since oil and vinegar separate in the fridge.
- Start with 1 tablespoon of Dijon and add the second if you like it tangier.
- Use it on anything with tomatoes, mixed greens, baby arugula, kale, iceberg, or spinach lettuce.
Salads to Toss With This Vinaigrette
Our favorite salads for this dressing: Chopped Kale Salad, Spinach Salad, Arugula Feta Salad, Arugula Salad with Strawberries, Pomegranate Salad, Tomato Cucumber Salad and Bowtie Pasta Salad.
Related salads and vinegar recipes: Roasted Beet Salad with Zesty Herb Vinaigrette Dressing, Apple Cider Vinegar Drink, Winter Salad With Kiwifruit, Fuyu Persimmon, Walnuts and Cranberry and Apple Cider Vinegar Smoothie.
Champagne Vinaigrette FAQs
This simple champagne vinaigrette is made of champagne vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper (to taste). Shallots, honey, or lemon juice can also be added but you might want to then adjust the vinegar up or down.
Since champagne vinegar is a fermented food that goes from grapes, to alcohol, to acetic acid, then traces of some alcohol may be left (under 2%).
A good substitute for champagne vinegar is Asian rice vinegar, which can be substituted in an equal quantity (¼ cup for ¼ cup).
Its crisp, light, mild, and floral aromas work well for salad dressing and homemade vinaigrette, marinades, scallops and white fish, dips, and sauteed or roasted vegetables.
1 part champagne vinegar to 3 parts oil, plus a dab of Dijon mustard. That is ¼ cup vinegar to ¾ cup olive oil.
Stored in a sealed jar in the refrigerator, it lasts about a week.
More Winter Salads
Holiday tables need a big salad. Try Green Goddess Dressing, Winter Salad With Persimmon and Cranberry, Pomegranate Salad and Spinach Salad. If you make this champagne vinaigrette dressing from Delightful Mom Food I would love to see your creations and share it! Follow along with me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for a feature and more recipe inspiration! And don't forget to leave a comment below!
Best Champagne Vinaigrette Recipe
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup champagne vinegar
- 1-2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- dash of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Using a mason jar or salad dressing mixing bottle, add the olive oil, champagne vinegar, mustard, and a dash of salt and pepper. Close the lid and shake it to mix all the ingredients together. Use right away or store in the refrigerator.
Notes
- This recipe makes about 1 cup or 16 tablespoons.
- Store champagne vinaigrette in a sealed jar in the refrigerator or use it right away. It will last about a week.
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