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    Home » In the Kitchen » Recipe Reviews » Ina Garten's Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

    Ina Garten's Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

    Published: Nov 4, 2011 · Modified: Aug 16, 2019 by Eric Samuelson

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    My review of Ina Garten's Blue Cheese Dressing. A great dressing to use for a wedge salad.

    Ina Garten's Blue Cheese Dressing Review

    Are you a blue cheese salad dressing fan?

    I am not a big fan of blue cheese salad dressing myself.

    I am honestly not a fan of mayo based dressings. I would rather have a vingiarette anyday.

    However my wiife is a fan of mayo based dressing. So I make them for her.

    She was craving some blue cheese, so I searched the internet to find one.  I discovered a good one by Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa. Below you will find my notes from this recipe.

    For the full recipe, view the whole recipe on Food Network's website.

    Recipe Notes

    1. I purchase some good Roquefort blue cheese from Trader Joe's. They had a high quality blue cheese at a really decent price. This roquefort is made with whole raw sheep's milk.

    Societe Roquefort Cheese from Trader Joe's
    I picked up this blue cheese at Trader Joe's. It's Roquefort.

    2. I did not have tarragon vinegar. So I used the vinegar I did have, which was rice wine, and then added some fresh, chopped up tarragon from my herb garden.

    3. It was easy to just dump the ingredients into a Cuisinart food processor, the dressing came together really well and fast!

    Recipe Review

    My wife absolutely loved the dressing, said it was the best blue cheese she has ever had. I was very happy for that.

    The recipe say it serves 4, but those would be really, really generous servings.  We don't believe in our house that you need to drown your salad in dressing.

    If you want less dressing or are just trying it out then I suggest cutting the ingredient list in half.

    When it make this for my wife again, I will probably at least cut the recipe in half.

    This dressing is thick enough that it could also double as a dip. It's also a good dressing to use for a wedge salad.

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    Ina Garten's Blue Cheese Salad Dressing

    A simple blue cheese dressing
    4.34 from 3 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: blue cheese, salad dressing
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Ina Garten

    Ingredients

    • 4 ounces chopped blue cheese Roquefort cheese recommended
    • 1 cup mayonnaise
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • 2 tablespoons vinegar
    • 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon
    • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • kosher salt to tasate

    Instructions

    • Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Process til smooth
    • Taste the dressing, add more salt or pepper if needed.

    Notes

    The original recipe calls for a tarragon vinegar. I usually just use fresh tarragon and vinegar, but if you have a tarragon vinegar by all means so with it and skip the fresh tarragon.
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    Comments

    1. Scott

      January 30, 2012 at 8:54 pm

      Salad dressings need not have mayonaise. Some of the best dressings I know are simply oil and vinegar. Whether it is regular, balsamic, rice, or whatever.
      Personally, oil and vin dressings are superior in every way.

    2. Linda

      January 02, 2019 at 2:29 pm

      Delicious. I didn’t have cream so substituted with whole milk and used dry tarragon. Turned out just fine and probably a few less calories.

    3. Linda Lee

      August 04, 2020 at 4:46 pm

      I have made this twice and the first time was delicious but I didn't have tarragon. The second time I did add fresh tarragon from my garden and didn't like the overwhelming licorice flavor it gave to the dressing. My suggestion is to leave it out or add it to a small quantity to see if you like it.

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