Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Roquefort cheese, divided
- 1 cup good mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons tarragon wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 heads green lettuce, washed and spun dry
- 3 pounds heirloom tomatoes, mixed colors and sizes, sliced
Directions
For the dressing, crumble half the Roquefort cheese, the mayonnaise, heavy cream, vinegar, salt and pepper in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and process until combined but still chunky.
Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter and place the tomatoes on top. Pour the dressing over the tomatoes. Crumble the remaining Roquefort and sprinkle it over lettuce and tomatoes.
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By ninagninag777_1...
Naples, FL
on September 13, 2011
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I made this today and it is delicious!! This is better than the salad dressing you buy in the stores. I give it 5 starts. I added a little bit more of the roquefort cheese, but just a bit more. This recipe is a winner!
By spc548personalChef
Illinois
on June 13, 2011
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DELICIOUS! However, I substitute 1 cup Fat Free half & half for the cream. Use 1/3 cup if you like the dressing thick. Plus, I use red wine vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon since I don't stock tarragon vinegar. In many salads I often use Gorgonzola instead of Roquefort or Blue cheese because it's milder, and 8 ounces of Gorgonzola, divided, is perfect in this recipe. Half goes into the dressing, the other half is sprinkled on top. If this blue cheese dressing is still too strong for you, add 2 sliced scallions and a few seasoned croutons to the salad. Yummy. Thanks Ina.
By Chumlette
Brooklyn, NY
on June 13, 2010
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It calls for the blue cheese to be divided, so the dressing isn't as thick and pasty as some of the reviewers mentioned. Plus, I often tweak recipes a little to suit our tastes, so if there is any discrepancy, I can just fix it (though there isn't any problem here. For example, I have to lighten many recipes these days, so I used fat free half and half instead of heavy cream (yes, that is very sad and lower fat mayo with this particular recipe but we still thought it was terrific. Love the addition of the tarragon vinegar, too. Yum.
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