Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: Blue Cheese Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3⁄4 cup crumbled blue cheese, at room temperature; 1⁄2 cup buttermilk; 1⁄4 cup plain whole-milk yogurt; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1⁄4 teaspoon salt; 1⁄4 teaspoon Pepper

Try this dressing on sturdy greens like romaine lettuce — or use half the amount of buttermilk and serve this thicker version as a dip with cut-up veggies.

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Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings and 1/2 Cups

kitchen gear

Small mixing bowl
Measuring cup
Fork
Measuring spoons

Ingredients

3⁄4 cup crumbled blue cheese, at room temperature
1⁄2 cup buttermilk
1⁄4 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon Pepper

Instructions

Put the blue cheese in the bowl and mash with the fork until the cheese is broken up, but not completely smooth.
Add the buttermilk, yogurt, and lemon juice and continue mashing.
Add the salt and pepper, then taste the dressing. Do you think it needs more salt? Pepper? Lemon juice? If so, add it, and taste again.

Notes

DID YOU KNOW?

Gorgonzola, a type of blue cheese from Italy, was most likely invented by accident around 879 AD, when some ripening cheese developed a harmless mold that turned out to be delicious.