Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue cheese can boost flavors or bully them. How do you make this ingredient your friend? Here’s what we discovered:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

• Because a dressing seemed like a poor use of pricey artisanal cheese, we relied on supermarket blue cheese. Tasters settled on Stilton for its sweet nuttiness.
• To make the dressing thicker and creamier, we reduced the amount of sour cream and omitted a traditional liquid ingredient: buttermilk. Buzzing everything in the food processor made for quick, easy incorporation.
• For a final touch of seasoning, a few grinds of pepper, a smidgen of garlic powder (which adds garlic punch without the harshness of fresh), and a splash of cider vinegar were just enough to complement, but not overwhelm, the assertive blue cheese.