The Best Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing

This thick, tangy, creamy Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing is the best you will ever have. Why buy bottled when you can make it in 5 minutes?

Better than store bought

Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing is something that doesn't last long in our house.

We tend to have it on our salads when we're having "American" meals (you know, meat-and-potatoes). I also love it to dip veggies in.

And while you can pick it up in bottles at the market, it's generally full of additives and preservatives.

No, thanks. Not when I can grab a block of blue cheese and make it myself in about five minutes!

Blue cheese or bleu cheese?

How you spell this type of cheese doesn't seem to matter.

Both blue cheese and bleu cheese are used interchangeably, referring to a cheese made with Penicillium mold cultures, streaking the cheese with spots & veins throughout the cheese.

My girls used to call it "moldy cheese," but I call it delicious!

One item I usually don't have on hand is fresh buttermilk. Instead, I keep Bob's Red Mill Sweet Cream Buttermilk Powder on hand. It reconstitutes well and is pantry safe. Just replace the buttermilk in a recipe with an equal amount of water (1 cup buttermilk = 1 cup water plus 2 Tbsp buttermilk powder).

It's that simple.

Don't blink or you'll miss it

This Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing recipe comes together lightning fast, all in one bowl.

Start by mixing the sour cream, mayonnaise, water, and buttermilk powder. Whisk in the seasonings, then crumble in the blue cheese.

I think it takes me longer to type the recipe than to make it!

This blue cheese salad dressing is thick, tangy, creamy, and full of chunky blue cheese pieces. It's great as a salad dressing and as a dip for fresh or blanched vegetables.

Like with my Caesar Salad Dressing, Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing will spoil you for anything from a bottle.

You've been warned!

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Recipe

The Best Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing

Tammy Spencer

Thick, tangy, creamy Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing is the best you will ever have. Why buy bottled when you can make it in 5 minutes?

Adapted from The Kittchen

4 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Course Salad

Cuisine General

Servings 16 Tbsp

Calories 71 kcal

Equipment

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  garlic press

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ ½ cup sour cream
• ▢ ¼ cup mayonnaise
• ▢ ¼ cup water
• ▢ 2 tsp sweet cream buttermilk powder, see Recipe Notes
• ▢ 1 garlic clove, pressed or finely minced
• ▢ 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• ▢ ½ tsp garlic powder
• ▢ ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
• ▢ ¼ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
• ▢ 1 cup blue cheese, see Recipe Notes

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, water, and buttermilk powder until smooth.
• Press the garlic into the bowl using a garlic press. Add the lemon juice, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper and whisk well to combine to combine. Slice or crumble the blue cheese into the bowl and stir until mixed.
• If the dressing becomes too thick, just add some water. It will thicken up as it ages, so you may want to stir in a couple of teaspoons of water before serving.
• Blue Cheese Dressing will last in the fridge for several days.

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Notes

Instead of water and buttermilk powder, you can substitute ¼ cup of buttermilk if you have it on hand (I normally don’t), or ¼ of milk with a dash of lemon juice added to “sour” it.

While I mention using 4 oz of blue cheese in the recipe, I actually use about 6 oz of blue cheese because we like the dressing to be thicker. Use more or less blue cheese to suit your own taste.

This dressing tastes best if you let it sit in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. If it gets too thick, just a a teaspoon or two of water to loosen before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 TbspCalories: 71 kcalCarbohydrates: 1 gProtein: 2 gFat: 7 gSaturated Fat: 3 gCholesterol: 12 mgSodium: 151 mgPotassium: 42 mgSugar: 1 gVitamin A: 109 IUVitamin C: 1 mgCalcium: 60 mgIron: 1 mg

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