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.

Recipe Chef Notes + Tips

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.

More Dressing Recipes

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

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Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

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

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time0 mins

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American, French

Servings: 12

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Chef Billy Parisi

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: 137kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 107IU | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg