The Best Blue Cheese Dressing

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

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

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