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Saviolo

(3,321 posts)
Thu Apr 20, 2023, 03:28 PM Apr 2023

Classic Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe (video)

This week we're going a little old-school! This is a classic wedge salad updated a little. We're going with a blue cheese dressing for this one, but a nice homemade ranch dressing would work extremely well as well. The real joy in this salad is the extras you toss on top. We made some nice big bacon lardons, some slightly dehydrated cherry tomatoes, some quick-pickled red onion, and some crispy bacon-y little bread cubes (too small to be considered crouton, really!).

We do a very fancy restaurant sort of presentation of this, where everyone gets a quarter of a head of lettuce in the shape of a wedge on the plate, however, you can serve this as a more traditional salad and toss it in the dressing with your mix-ins if you'd prefer. The neat thing about the wedge is that if you've made the dressing runny enough, it will flow in to fill the gaps between all of the leaves of the lettuce wedge! This is why we recommend thinning it out with a little bit of buttermilk if you find it's just a little too thick.

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Classic Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe (video) (Original Post) Saviolo Apr 2023 OP
pretty salad! Kali Apr 2023 #1
Iceberg is usually pretty boring Saviolo Apr 2023 #2
It's the crunch Retrograde Apr 2023 #3
We're having that tonight, thank you very much. trof Apr 2023 #4
It was FANTASTIC! trof Apr 2023 #5
Awesome! Saviolo Apr 2023 #6

Saviolo

(3,321 posts)
2. Iceberg is usually pretty boring
Thu Apr 20, 2023, 05:50 PM
Apr 2023

But this recipe really makes it fun to eat! It's all about the mix-ins!

Retrograde

(10,645 posts)
3. It's the crunch
Thu Apr 20, 2023, 11:15 PM
Apr 2023

Normally I don't use Iceberg lettuce, but every so often Mr. Retrograde wants an old-fashioned wedge salad so I buy one. Mine are a bit simpler, though - just lettuce, a mayo-based blue cheese dressing, and maybe bacon if I have any.

trof

(54,273 posts)
4. We're having that tonight, thank you very much.
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 06:04 PM
Apr 2023

Along with a rack of lamb and some curry roasted veg.

trof

(54,273 posts)
5. It was FANTASTIC!
Tue Apr 25, 2023, 06:09 PM
Apr 2023

Everything. Best bleu cheese dressing I've ever had. And the salted tomatoes and mini croutons.

Absolute perfection!
Many thanks.

Saviolo

(3,321 posts)
6. Awesome!
Wed Apr 26, 2023, 09:57 AM
Apr 2023

So glad you liked it!

Sometimes it's nice to bring back the classics And if you have some leftover quick pickle red onion, they're good in a lot of other things.

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