Blue Cheese Dressing

Ingredients

• 180 g blue cheese, crumbled
• 150 g soured cream
• 100 g mayonnaise
• 80 ml buttermilk
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 pieces garlic clove, grated
• 0.75 tsp black pepper
• 2 tbsp chives, chopped

Steps

1. 1
   Use a firm, strongly flavoured blue — Roquefort, Stilton or Danish blue. A mild creamy one disappears entirely.
2. 2
   Mash about two thirds of the cheese with the vinegar and a splash of the buttermilk into a rough paste. This is what gives the dressing its blue-cheese body.
3. 3
   Whisk in the soured cream and mayonnaise until smooth.
4. 4
   Thin with the remaining buttermilk to the consistency you want — thicker for dipping, looser for dressing leaves.
5. 5
   Add the Worcestershire sauce, grated garlic and a generous amount of black pepper.
6. 6
   Fold in the remaining crumbled cheese at the end so there are still distinct lumps.
7. 7
   Chill 2 hours before serving; it thickens and the flavour deepens. Add salt only after chilling, as the cheese is already salty.