This is the best homemade blue cheese dressing recipe you will ever make!
It is thick and creamy, east to make, and wicked good!
Use it for everyday salads or special dinner entertaining!
I found this salad dressing in a little old cookbook called,"Heavenly Bits of Baptist Cookery."
Inside, I have discovered all kinds of incredible recipes in this book for some gooooooood Southern cooking.
As you can see, I have used this book just a little bit. My husband's granny gave it to me.
It has been a treasured jewel in my kitchen.
Church cookbooks are always the best for simple, homemade, tasty recipes… I have collected probably about 50!
What do ingredients do you need?
For this recipe, you need the following ingredients:
- sour cream
- mayonnaise
- fresh lemon juice
- blue cheese
- Worcestershire sauce
- minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
Note: Use a good blue cheese for this dressing. I personally prefer crumbling it myself for a more fresh cheese.
Video to make dressing
How to make it
With this dressing, you literally just throw the ingredients all together in a bowl.
Mix together the ingredients and BAMB! Magic for your salads! How easy is that?
How long does it last?
Homemade blue cheese dressing will last up to 7 days in the refrigerator if stored in airtight container.
What type of blue cheese should you use?
There are actually several types of blue cheese to use for blue cheese dressing.
Each blue cheese will give your homemade blue cheese dressing a different flavor!
- Danish blue cheese is creamy, mild, and smooth. It is perfect if you want a mild blue cheese dressing.
- Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese that varies from soft to crumbly. It is made with goats milk, cows milk, or both. It is on the lighter side of flavoring in the blue cheese family.
- Maytag is an American blue cheese that is made with cows milk. It too is creamy and mild.
- If you want a strong kick or bite to your blue cheese dressing, you can try a Stilton. It is stronger and more pungent than the Danish, Gorgonzola, or Maytag.
- Roquefort is a strong, "stinky" cheese. This is a cheese only for serious blue cheese fans. It is very strong in flavor. Most people will run from stilton, so I don't recommend using it in your homemade dressing if you are making it for others to enjoy.
Different ways to use blue cheese dressing
Blue cheese is amazing on salad, but it is also fantastic on many other things! Try this homemade blue cheese dressing on the following:
- Use it as a sandwich spread.
- Put it on a burger.
- Use it for my spicy buffalo wings dip.
- Use it for a dip for pretzels or homemade chips.
- Use it in potato salad rather than mayonnaise.
- Drizzle on pizza.
- Toss it with cut up raw cauliflower and broccoli for a broccoli/cauliflower blue cheese salad
- Use it as a dip for my buffalo cauliflower bites
- Use it as a dip for french fries
- Add it to a baked potato
Other salad dressing recipes:
I make most of my salad dressings from scratch.
Why oh why would you want to use store-bought dressing when homemade is so easy?
In addition to this homemade blue cheese salad dressing recipe, I also have the following homemade salad dressings on the blog:
- Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing
- Creamy Parmesan Salad Dressing
- DIY Ranch Seasoning Mix
- Greek Salad Dressing
- And a 20 Incredibly Delicious Homemade Salad Dressing Round Up Post!
Please leave me a comment below if you make this homemade blue cheese dressing, and tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.
Also post your picture of your dressing on Instagram or Facebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags! I will share with my followers! xoxo!
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbs fresh lemon juice
- 6 drops hot sauce
- 3 ½ ounce blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
- salt & pepper to taste
- ½ tsp fresh minced garlic
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup sour cream, 1 cup mayonnaise, 2 tbs fresh lemon juice, 6 drops hot sauce, 3 ½ oz crumbled blue cheese, 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce, ½ tsp fresh minced garlic, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix well until completely combined. You can serve immediately, but it is best to refrigerate an hour before serving to allow the flavors to build.
Katie Crenshaw
Yes. I am not sure how it will taste, but the texture should be about the same.
L K
Can I substitute low fat sour cream?
CookingHealsMySoul
Just made this, and it's delicious! For the people (I use to be you.) that say they don't like blue cheese dressing, it's only because you haven't had homemade!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Johnpingpong
I saw Mike Collameco at a place in Queens called M.Wells and here's what the chef there did. Half a head of iceberg on the hot grill for just a char. Quarter that into a wedge. Gently separate the leaves and put about a quarter pound of rendered pork belly or thick bacon (couldn't we use some jowl bacon here?) in between the leaves. Don't do this sparingly. Add smoked salted pecan bits in with the pork as you go. THEN take a slathering of YOUR bleu cheese (or gorgonzola) dressing over the top and eat that thing. Since ya'll like to travel, you need to go to the big apple. Watch every episode of Collameco before you go and take notes.
Jeannine Brunk-Aleksa
I just made a half recipe of this for a "dinner for two". Wonderful!! Family recipes from a cookbook or those just from memory are the best. Thanks so much for sharing!
Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine
I'm totally with you-- salad dressings are way better homemade. I haven't bought a jar in years and years. This one looks really special!
Mahy
That has to be one of my favorite dressings ever!! I absolutely love the touch of hot sauce you added, I think it makes all the difference! Can't wait to make it!
Katie
I prefer Dukes. I am not sure where you live. I know they sell it here in the South. It tastes like it is homemade. If you can find it, you will love it. I would use Kraft as a second choice. I am pretty sure they sell that everywhere.
Sally
I have a very similar blue cheese dressing recipe that I absolutely love. What mayo do you use? I have noticed lately that when I store it for a few days the consistancy changes dramatically and it becomes very soupy. I use Hellman's and I did read that their recipe has changed. That is the only difference I can think of. I used to make it all the time and never had this problem at all.