Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Published January 20, 2021. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.
This delicious homemade blue cheese dressing is super easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment for salad or dippers like wings and veggies.
I always try to eat a nice big salad once a week, just to ensure I’m getting some greens in me. While I should be eating even more salads, you have to start somewhere. If you are a big salad fan, then definitely try using this blue cheese dressing on my Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad or Green Goddess.
Blue Cheese Dressing
Blue cheese dressing is a mayonnaise-based creamy dressing with crumbled blue cheese. Its origin is a bit unknown, but the earliest recording is in the Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad book in 1928, but it was called Roquefort dressing. Blue cheese is simply a type of Roquefort, which is the type and process of cheese that is made from ewe’s milk and matured in caves.
When making a this you can determine how smooth, how chunky, or even how much blue cheese flavor it has. It is a very strong flavored dressing because blue cheese is such a strong flavored ingredient.
What Kind of Blue Cheese Should I Use?
The higher quality blue cheese that you buy, the better the dressing will taste. Now that does not mean the dressing will be bad if you purchase a cheaper brand, but you will be able to taste a difference. Here are my favorite blue cheese brands:
- Maytag
- Point Reyes
- Stilton
- Danish
How to Make it
Follow along with these simple ingredients for how to make this delicious blue cheese dressing from scratch:
Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, sugar, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, garlic, vinegar to a large bowl,
Whisk the ingredients until completely combined and smooth,
Add in the blue cheese crumbles and fold them into the dressing using a rubber spatula until combined.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.
How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
chef notes + tips
- You can sub out the garlic onion granules for 1 clove of fresh finely minced garlic.
- Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.
- Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.
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Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons distilled vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ½ teaspoon garlic granules
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
- ½ cup good crumbled blue cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper until completely combined.
- Next, fold in the blue cheese gently until combined. Don’t over mix.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- Make-Ahead: You can make this recipe up to 3 days ahead of time.
- How to Store: Cover and keep in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
- You can sub out the garlic onion granules for fresh finely garlic
- Sometimes a little hot sauce is added for a little zip into the recipe.
- Feel free to add in more or less buttermilk to get it to the consistency you want.
Fantastic! After I was unable to find a blue cheese dressing that wasn’t made with seed oils, I decided to make my own and found this recipe. The key for me was to use my favorite brand of mayonnaise made with avocado oil. It’s definitely better a day or two after you make it giving the flavors time to blend.
Appreciate you giving it a try!
DELICIOUS! As is…perfect!!!
Appreciate you giving it a try!
Awesome! I love it, as well as the rest of the family. Has the taste of a chef made blue cheese dressing. I’m definitely saving the recipe, so I can make it agai soon.
This is a scrumptious blue cheese dressing. I was skeptical of the addition of sugar, and almost omitted it, but so happy I didn’t. It’s deliciously balanced. I shredded the blue cheese instead of crumbling it. It’s my new go-to blue cheese recipe. Thank you.
Thank you!
Easy and delicious
Fantastic!
I’ve made this 3 times, but this time, instead of mayo and sour cream, i used full fat yogurt. Instead of garlic granules, i used fresh minced garlic. Because yogurt is tart, i omitted the vinegar. Because cheese is salty, i omitted the salt. This was my absolute favorite version of this recipe i’ve made. LOVED this iteration! And i’m a blue cheese addict! There’s only 1 restaurant in the world where i’ve had great blue cheese dressing, and that was in 2006. Finally, i can satisfy my addiction!
So glad you made it work for you!
When I splurge for a Steak House experience, THIS is the Blue Cheese Dressing that I expect to enjoy on my house salad. Simple and brilliant. Thank you!
Amazing!
Easy to make, delicious, far better than store bought!
Fantastic! Thanks for trying this one!
When I splurge for a Steak House experience, THIS is the Blue Cheese Dressing that I expect to enjoy on my house salad. Simple, brilliant, and reproducible! Thank you!
Excellent!
The search for the perfect blue cheese dressing is over! This recipe is fantastic. I did cut the buttermilk to 1/2 cup so it would be thicker but that’s just a personal preference. Thank you!
Can i sub whole fat greek yogurt for sour cream?
sure