

I could have just added the bacon and the blue cheese to a salad. I know. I could have made a nice healthy vinaigrette, maybe with some of the Pom juice that is so rapidly disappearing from the fridge, like Kate. But nope. I couldn't do it. I needed something creamy. And fatty. All this being healthy is hard! I really like fried food! And butter! So I caved. I couldn't help it!

If I was going to do something this unhealthy, I was at least going to do it in good company. Like a spinach salad with onion, tomato, and avocado. Maybe a grated carrot, if I remember. Last time I made this it had a grated carrot, this time I forgot. Those healthy vegetables will balance out this monstrosity of a salad dressing...right?

First things first. You can't make a heart-stoppingly good blue cheese and bacon dressing without some good mayo. While good with Hellmann's, this is better with homemade mayo.
Recipe from the Joy of Cooking.
1 egg
1 t dry mustard
1 t salt
pepper
1 t garlic powder (optional but delicious)
1 t sugar
1/2 t hot paprika
1/4 c olive oil
1 c vegetable oil
3 T cider vinegar, rice vinegar, lemon juice, or the acidic thing of your choice
Combine egg, mustard, salt, pepper, garlic powder, sugar, hot paprika, and olive oil in the blender. Blend on high until completely combined, then add 1/2 c of the vegetable oil, in a thin stream, while the blender is running. Then add in the vinegar, then the rest of the vegetable oil in the same way as before. Scrape down the sides a few times, blend again, and voila! Delicious homemade mayo.


Creamy blue cheese and bacon dressing
From the Joy of Cooking, with some changes. This makes about 2 c of dressing. You can halve the recipe.
1 c homemade mayonnaise, see above
1/2 c sour cream
2 T lemon juice or vinegar of your choice
3 cloves finely minced garlic
1-2 t Worcestershire sauce (say it with me - wooster sheer)
salt and pepper
1/2 t paprika
1/2-2 t hot sauce (optional)
1 t horseradish
4 oz blue cheese (I use Rosenborg - all their cheeses are gluten-free)
1/4 c crumbled cooked bacon
Combine mayo, sour cream, lemon juice, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, paprika, hot sauce, and horseradish in the blender. Process until smooth, then add the blue cheese (crumble it up with your hands first) and bacon. Blend a bit, leaving some chunks. Keep in the fridge, it should keep for a week or so.
ahh...the dressing sounds so good! Eating healthy is so hard! I've been trying for awhile now but not very succesful =(
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy and it is good to know there is gf blue cheese out there!
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Rich? definitely! Unhealthy? not really... It may have the calory contents of a BicMac but its still way better in terms of nutricional value, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I found a quick blend of Yoghurt, mustard, honey ,black pepper and a squeeze of lemon to be a decent substitute for real mayo. Not as rich, but quite close in tastiness :)