Hearts of romaine with maytag blue cheese dressing

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
teaspoonMinced garlic
½teaspoonDry mustard; preferably coleman's
¾teaspoonBlack pepper
¾teaspoonOnion salt
teaspoonWhite pepper
¼cupRed wine vinegar
1teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
¼teaspoonHot pepper sauce
1cupSour cream
3cupsMayonnaise
½cupButtermilk
½poundsMaytag blue cheese; crumbled
4Heads romaine; hearts only, (reserve outer leaves for another use), washed and dried

Directions

In a bowl whisk together garlic, mustard, black pepper, onion salt, and white pepper and whisk in the vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Add the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk and whisk the dressing until it is combined well. Fold in the blue cheese and chill the dressing, covered, overnight. The dressing keeps, covered and chilled for 1 week. The dressing yields 6 cups.

In a large bowl, toss the hearts of romaine with just enough dressing to coat. Serve immediately.

Yield: 4 servings

Notes: Recipe courtesy of Gourmet Magazine Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL9062 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Mar 7, 1998