Homemade Staples: Bleu Cheese Dressing

As I’ve mentioned before, nothing beats homemade salad dressing.  When I make a dressing I know how fresh it is, and exactly what ingredients are going into it (or not going into it)!

Bleu Cheese Dressing is a big favorite in our home.  It’s great with a variety of different types of salad — but my favorite is what you see above.  A wedge of iceberg lettuce smothered in bleu cheese dressing with fresh bacon.  But anyway you serve it, the pungent, savory flavor of bleu cheese is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

Bleu Cheese Dressing — modified from David Lebovitz

• 4 oz bleu cheese, crumbled
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• Cracked black pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice
• 3-4 drops of Worcestershire sauce

In a bowl combine bleu cheese, salt, and pepper.   Mash bleu cheese with the back of a fork until finely crumbled.

Add sour cream, buttermilk, and lemon juice and mix until combined.  Add Worcestershire sauce a drop or two at a time, tasting until you feel that the dressing flavor is where you want it to be.  If dressing is too thick for your taste, add a little more buttermilk until consistency is right.