The Best Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: The Best Blue Cheese Dressing
Yield: Makes about 2½ cups
Ingredients: ¼ lb Gorgonzola dolce cheese, crumbled; ½ cup full-fat buttermilk, plus more as needed; 1 small shallot, minced; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; Juice of 1–2 lemons; 1 clove garlic, grated; 2 dashes of hot sauce, such as Crystal or Tabasco; Pinch of grated lemon zest; ½ cup sour cream, crème fraîche, or labne; ½ cup sour cream, crème fraîche, or labne; ½ cup mayonnaise; ½ cup sour cream, crème fraîche, or labne; 2 dashes of hot sauce, such as Crystal or Tabasco; 2 dashes of hot sauce, such as Crystal or Tabasco; ⅓ cup crumbled piquant blue cheese, such as Stilton; ⅓ cup crumbled piquant blue cheese, such as Stilton; 1–2 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1–2 tablespoons minced fresh chives; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Makes about
2½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Flavors from the Farm

By Emma Hearst

Published 2024

About

Ingredients

½ cup sour cream, crème fraîche, or labne
½ cup mayonnaise
½

Garnish
Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

In a food processor, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, Gorgonzola, oil, shallot, garlic, lemon juice and zest, and hot sauce and process until smooth. Adjust the thickness with water, lemon juice, or buttermilk if needed for a good consistency. Transfer to a bowl, stir in the piquant blue cheese, parsley, chives, a pinch of salt, and a few cracks of pepper, then taste and adjust t