French dressing, one of the best-selling sauces in market, has been long used as a salad dressing. However, since it is ketchup- and mayonnaise-based, it is also one of the popular dressings to be used with cousins and makes a delicious taste, particularly with cold sandwiches.

History

 French dressing was one of the four mother sauces that its recipe was written by Antonin Careme in his cooking notes in the 19^th century. He was one of the first chefs to systematically and substantively formulate sauce recipes. Later, all these four sauces, béchamel, veloute, espangole, tomate, were called French dressing. In the 20^th century its recipe changed again by adding some new components like mayonnaise. Pepper, paprika, chopped onion, vinegar, ketchup, and/or mayonnaise are the variable ingredients of this sauce. Unlike its family sauces, French dressing is often spicy and used more usually on salads rather than sandwiches.