Blue cheese, you love it or you don't! (or so you think...) I was a blue cheese hater UNTIL I had it done right and became a lover. I truly believe anyone would be obsessed with it if they really had it made like I did. I've tried, tasted, tested and now have the perfect blue cheese dressing! Drench your wedge salad, dip your wings OR even your burger.
How to make wedge salad and blue cheese dressing
Blue Cheese Dressing
Making blue cheese dressing is really simple. My best advice (besides following the recipe proportions) is to use quality ingredients. It makes all the difference when you're using great mayo, flavorful cheese and the best garlic sea salt.
TIP: if you like your blue cheese dressing smooth place all ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth. Otherwise just give it a good whisk all together.
How to cut a wedge salad
It's taken a few times to figure out the perfect way to cut the perfect wedge salad.
Step 1: Purchase a nice, fresh crips and tight iceberg lettuce.
Step 2: Pull off the loose, wilting outside leaves.
Step 3: Find the core of the ice burg lettuce. thinly slice off the brown of the core, but leave the core intact. Cut in half through the core, then slice into desired wedge sized slices. For smaller portions you can get 8 wedges from one head of lettuce.
Step 4: rinse the lettuce
Step 5: Cut. Slice straight down the middle. If desired cut into 4ths.
Wedge Salad
A wedge salad traditional consists of fresh crumbled bacon, ripe tomatoes, red onions and creamy blue cheese dressing.
Blue Cheese Dressing/Sauce
Ingredients
- iceberg lettuce cut into wedges
- ½ cup mayo
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1-2 garlic cloves grated
- ½ cup blue cheese crumbles
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon onion salt
- 2 teaspoons dried dill
- 1 tablespoon chives more for garnish
Wedge Salad toppings
- bacon freshly cooked and crumbled
- cherry tomatoes halved
- red onion sliced
- cucumbers diced
Instructions
Blue Cheese Dressing
- For smooth dressing place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Or, you can mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir until combined. Let rest in fridge for 1 hour
- Refrigerate leftovers in an air tight container
Wedge Salad Instruction
- Peel wilting leaves off iceberg lettuce head. thinly slice off the brown end but leave core intact. Slice the iceberg down the middle, and continue diving as desired.
- Top with freshly cooked and crumbled bacon, halved ripe cherry tomatoes, sliced purple onions, and homemade blue cheese dressing.
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Erin V says
been a little scared to venture into blue cheese territory, but this looks like a good place to start, thanks!