Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

This delicious homemade blue cheese dressing is super easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment for salad or dippers like wings and veggies.

I always try to eat a nice big salad once a week, just to ensure I’m getting some greens in me.  While I should be eating even more salads, you have to start somewhere.  If you are a big salad fan, then definitely try using this blue cheese dressing on my Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad or Green Goddess.

Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue cheese dressing is a mayonnaise-based creamy dressing with crumbled blue cheese.  Its origin is a bit unknown, but the earliest recording is in the Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad book in 1928, but it was called Roquefort dressing.  Blue cheese is simply a type of Roquefort, which is the type and process of cheese that is made from ewe’s milk and matured in caves.

When making a this you can determine how smooth, how chunky, or even how much blue cheese flavor it has.  It is a very strong flavored dressing because blue cheese is such a strong flavored ingredient.

What Kind of Blue Cheese Should I Use?

The higher quality blue cheese that you buy, the better the dressing will taste.  Now that does not mean the dressing will be bad if you purchase a cheaper brand, but you will be able to taste a difference.  Here are my favorite blue cheese brands:

• Maytag
• Point Reyes
• Stilton
• Danish

How to Make it

Follow along with these simple ingredients for how to make this delicious blue cheese dressing from scratch:

Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, sugar, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, garlic, vinegar to a large bowl,

Whisk the ingredients until completely combined and smooth,

Add in the blue cheese crumbles and fold them into the dressing using a rubber spatula until combined.

Make-Ahead and Storage

Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.

How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

chef notes + tips

• You can sub out the garlic onion granules for fresh finely garlic
• Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.
• Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.

More Dressing Recipes

• Ranch
• Thousand Island
• Caesar
• Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Italian

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This delicious homemade blue cheese dressing is easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment for salad or dippers like wings and veggies.

Servings: 12

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Ingredients 

• ¾ cup mayonnaise
• ¼ cup sour cream
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons distilled vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 ½ teaspoon garlic granules
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
• ½ cup good crumbled blue cheese

Instructions

• In a large bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper until completely combined.
• Next, fold in the blue cheese gently until combined. Don’t over mix.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

Chef Note:

• Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.

 

• How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

 

• You can sub out the garlic onion granules for fresh finely garlic

 

• Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.

 

• Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.

Nutrition

Calories: 137kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 2gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 386mgPotassium: 50mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 107IUCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American, French