Best Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Updated Jun 05, 2025, Published Oct 03, 2024
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This homemade blue cheese dressing recipe is full of rich flavor and has the perfect smooth and creamy texture! Salty Gorgonzola cheese and tangy buttermilk give this dressing a bold and intensely savory taste. Enjoy it on salads or as a delectable dip for chicken wings. It was a personal chef client favorite!
“I love this recipe! … I have never liked blue cheese dressing until now. This one is amazing ❤️“
Why This Recipe is a Keeper!
This homemade buttermilk blue cheese dressing is packed with bright, savory flavor, surpassing anything in a store-bought bottle. I’m a real blue cheese lover and will even go so far as to say it’s the best blue cheese dressing! I’ve made it many times for personal chef clients.
Rich, tangy buttermilk starts the flavor party. Equal parts of mayonnaise and sour cream perfectly balance a rich yet not too heavy dressing. Creamy, earthy Gorgonzola cheese adds bold, umami flavor, while garlic, onion, and a splash of lemon juice elevate the flavors for a well-rounded dressing you’ll agree is the best blue cheese dressing!
The dressing keeps well in the fridge for a week and improves as the ingredients meld together. It’s perfect over a crisp, cold lettuce wedge or sliced tomatoes. This blue cheese dressing recipe’s cool and tangy flavors also make it ideal as a dip for chicken wings!
This blue cheese dressing recipe is:
- Quick and easy! Just combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and serve.
- Flavorful! Robust Gorgonzola cheese gives this dressing a bold and vibrant flavor.
- A keeper! You can make this dressing in advance and refrigerate it for up to a week until ready to serve.
- Homemade. This recipe uses simple ingredients, resulting in a dressing packed with much more flavor than the bottled kind.
How to Make Blue Cheese Dressing:
Recipe Ingredients:
Here’s everything you’ll need to make the best blue cheese dressing recipe. The recipe card below has the exact quantities.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions:
- Buttermilk: Buttermilk is fermented milk, and it’s one of my favorite ingredients to cook with. It’s thicker than milk with a delightful tanginess that works well in salad dressings without adding a lot of extra fat. I use regular buttermilk, but you can use low-fat if you prefer.
- Sour Cream: Adds another level of tanginess. You can substitute plain Greek yogurt if you prefer.
- Lemon Juice: Fresh is always best!
- Onion: I use a small amount of fresh, minced yellow onion rather than dried flakes. I recommend chopping as finely as possible.
- Gorgonzola Cheese: Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese. Gorgonzola cheese is a type of blue cheese from Italy. Its signature blue color is created by a mold added to the cheese. The mold is safe to consume and helps give the cheese its intense umami flavor. Like other types of blue cheese, it has a bold umami flavor that adds a vibrant kick to any dish. Because of its bold flavor and super creamy texture, Gorgonzola cheese is my key to the best blue cheese dressing. Gorgonzola cheese is sold in blocks or crumbled in small tubs. Either will work. Crumbled blue cheese is convenient but has additives to keep it from clumping. You can substitute another type of blue cheese, although other varieties of blue cheese can have a more robust flavor.
Step-By-Step Instructions:
- Gather and prep all the ingredients.
- Combine dressing ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Mix well and refrigerate.
- That’s it! How to make blue cheese dressing is super simple!
- Big, bold flavor, creamy texture, totally craveworthy!
Chef Tip:
- Gorgonzola cheese is sold in blocks or crumbled in small tubs. Either will work in this blue cheese dressing recipe. Crumbled blue cheese has additives to keep it from clumping, but it’s convenient and will save you some time.
Recipe FAQs:
This buttermilk blue cheese dressing is great on salads, especially more basic kinds so that the dressing can shine. I like using it on crisp wedge salads, over fresh tomatoes, as a dip for fresh vegetables, or to cool off spicy buffalo chicken wings.
I recommend making it a day ahead of time so the flavors have a chance to blend. This blue cheese salad dressing lasts for about one week in the refrigerator.
Storage:
- Keeps in the refrigerator for one week.
Serve this blue cheese dressing with:
- A crisp lettuce wedge.
- Fresh, sliced tomatoes.
- A dip for fresh vegetables.
- Buffalo chicken wings.
More great recipes with blue cheese you’ll love!
- Four-Cheese Strata
- Buttery Blackened Steak Bites
- Italian Pot Roast with Gorgonzola Polenta
- Beef Tenderloin Fillets
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Best Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 8 ounces crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, or blue cheese
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine dressing ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix well and refrigerate.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Very good. Better than any bottle. Used buttermilk from a local a2 farm. It was thicker, also crumbled an 8 oz. block of blue cheese. Most cheese I’ve ever seen in a dressing. No fat-free anything. Actually found it to be thicker than store-bought. Was my first time making blue cheese dressing.
Hi, Delford, Thanks so very much and happy you love this recipe! Love that you used local buttermilk–super cool. Thanks again and appreciate your giving the recipe a try and taking the time to come back and comment and rate.
I love this recipe! I do leave out the onion and parsley. I have never liked blue cheese dressing until now. This one is amazing ❤️
Hi, Shelley. Thanks so much. I’m so happy you love this recipe as much as I do. I appreciate you giving it a try and taking the time to come back, comment, and rate it.
How can I make it a little thicker?
Hi, Kenneth, Thanks so much for your question. Sorry for the delay; I was away from my computer all weekend. This dressing won’t be like bottled blue cheese dressing, which has things like modified food starch to thicken and stabilize it. I suggest using “thicker” products. For example, some sour creams may not be as thick as others (We use Daisy) and full-fat buttermilk will be thicker than lower fat. Thanks again, and hope you enjoyed!
Made this for a party last night to go with my chicken wings and everyone loved it! I still have some of the ingredients so am going to make it again today for salads. Thank you! Just wonderful!
Hi, Angie, Thanks so very much and appreciate your taking the time to come back and comment and rate. Happy everyone enjoyed and thanks again!