This is the best homemade Blue Cheese Dressing using two simple ingredients to really make it POP! Perfect for salads, dipping and buffalo wings.
What is Blue Cheese?
Blue cheese is considered to be a “stinky cheese” and is made from cultures of the mold Penicillium, giving it blue spots or sometimes veins.
There are several types of blue cheese and depending on how long the cheese rests and the ingredients it is made with, it can vary greatly in smell, taste and also price. There are about 50 verities.
- Maytag Blue
- Danish Blue
- Gorgonzola (yep, a blue cheese!)
- Stilton (similar to Stichelton)
- Roquefort
The type of you get at the store that is fairly generic and totally acceptable for salad dressing is usually Danish blue, the most mild of the blues.
What You’ll Need
You only need a handful of ingredients A full list of ingredients with measurements for this recipe is available in the printable recipe card below.
- Mayonnaise – Being that it is the base of this homemade dressing, I prefer using a high quality mayonnaise. Or you could try making your own homemade mayonnaise.
- Blue cheese crumbles
- Half and half
- Sour cream
- Fresh lemon juice
- Worcestershire sauce
- Kosher salt
Perfect Pairings
Probably most popularly, blue cheese dressing is perfect for topping any salad. From salads as a meal to side salads, add some tang with this homemade dressing.
Alternatively, you can use is as a dip. I like to use mine to dip buffalo wings into, but you could also use it as a creamy dip for veggies like carrots or celery.
5S Philosophy 👩🏻
- Salt – I like to use coarse kosher salt to help bring out the other flavors of this creamy blue cheese dressing.
- Seasonings – If you want to take the flavor up a notch, try adding fresh garlic, garlic powder, onion powder or freshly cracked black pepper.
- Swaps – Making this a light dressing is easy enough. Swap out both the mayo and sour cream for plain Greek yogurt. Or use some combination of the three.
- Senses – Thick and creamy, blue cheese dressing hits the nose with a bold, tangy aroma and coats the palate with rich, savory depth. Crumbles of sharp blue cheese add bursts of funk and texture in every bite.
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles , divided
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice , freshly squeezed
- 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- kosher salt , to taste
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together mayo, 1/4 blue cheese crumbles, half and half, sour cream, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce until smooth.
- Fold in remain blue cheese crumbles and taste test.
- Add kosher salt slowly, if needed.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Notes
Nutrition
Storage and Freezing
Blue cheese dressing can most certainly be made ahead of time and is food in the fridge up for up to 5 days. Remember, since yours is from scratch, it doesn’t have preservatives in it that make it last for months.
Due to the ingredients, I do not recommend freezing blue cheese.
More Homemade Salad Dressings
If you know me, you know how much I love homemade sauces and dressings. Here are some of my favorites.
I love the recipe! I started eating Roquefort in the seventies. I hate the salad bowl you used. It reminds me of the old yukky hand washing bowl that sat on the side table by the buckets of drinking water. ick. LOL
Hi Karen, I’m so glad you love the recipe and sorry you don’t care for my salad bowl. Here I thought it had farmhouse charm. 🙂
I literally never thought of making homemade blue cheese- and I love this because I can control the amount of “stinky cheese” and make it just how I like. Great recipe- thank you!
Homemade blue cheese is the best! This recipe is delicious. We will definitely make it again.