Thousand Island Dressing – In the pink

Thousand Island Dressing

One of the constituents of a Reuben sandwich, and a dressing with as much flexibility as a contortionist having a massage, is the thousand island dressing. It's also ridiculously easy to make and bears little resemblance in look and taste to the luminous acidic muck you get in the shops. Saying that, I am using shop-bought mayo for the recipe, which, obviously, isn't as nice as homemade, but a) I'm knackered and can't be arsed to make my own, and b) well, I'm knackered and can't be arsed to make my own. Stick with The Albion Tavern, though, and I will get round to making homemade mayo at some stage. Just not today. A search of the interweb throws up (if that's the right phrase for a food blog) varying recipes, so this is an amalgamation of a couple. Serves 4.

Ingredients:
4 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
3 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
1 large gherkin, finely chopped
1/2 red pepper, finely chopped
5-6 drops of Tabasco
2 tsp Worcerstershire sauce
juice of 1/2 a lemon
1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
salt and pepper

Method:
1. Mix all the ingredients together and season to taste.
2. Er, that's it.