Blue Cheese Dressing - How to Make the Best Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Feta offers a similar tangy flavor at a lower cost.

mayonnaise

🥗Healthier: avocado

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Avocado provides creaminess with healthier fats.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt is lower in calories and adds protein.

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: milk + vinegar

💰Cheaper: milk + lemon juice

This substitute mimics buttermilk's tanginess.

Make the creamy dressing base by combining full fat mayonnaise, sour cream, and buttermilk, adjusting buttermilk for desired thickness.

Add crushed garlic (grated on a microplane), freshly ground black pepper, dry mustard, cayenne, salt, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce to the base.

Whisk the mixture thoroughly until well combined.

Take a frozen piece of blue cheese and grate it into the dressing using a grater to create small shavings.

Stir the grated blue cheese into the dressing after each addition to avoid clumping.

Continue grating and stirring until the entire wedge of blue cheese is incorporated into the dressing.

Give the dressing a final whisking to combine everything well.

Wrap the dressing in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 to 4 hours, or overnight for better flavor development.

Serve the blue cheese dressing on a wedge salad with iceberg lettuce, red onions, and cherry tomatoes, adding more crumbled blue cheese on top if desired.

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