Iceberg Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Last week we went on a little vacation to Palm Springs. And, twice during our three day furlough, we experienced fantastic iceberg wedge salads with blue cheese dressing. When we came home, we had to try our hand at this crunchy, creamy, cheesy delight. If we do say so ourselves, we came awfully close to the professionally created salad.

It's easy and delicious and mildly impressive to serve at a small dinner party.

Rating: 1/4 assed

Here's what you need and how you do it

1 head iceberg lettuce, washed and quartered with core removed

5-6 slices pre-cooked bacon, heated and diced (optional)

1/2 cup candied walnuts or pecans (optional)

1 cup blue (or bleu) cheese crumbles

1/2 cup sour cream

3 Tablespoons milk (or more depending on desired consistency)

2 teaspoons white wine vinegar

1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon salt

Black pepper

2 garlic cloves, crushed (crucial)

Whisk all ingredients from blue cheese to garlic in a small bowl. Pour over lettuce wedge and top with chopped bacon. Serve candied nuts on the side.

Serves 4.

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Comments

[Kirsten]

Iceberg lettuce can be so good. I will try this!

[Kari]

I do love a wedge salad...don't know why it never occurred to me to try making it myself!

Thanks for the post. Been a reader for a while but this is my first comment :)

[sophia]

i love your blog concept and the way you "rate" your recipes. lol!!
I'm not much of a iceberg lettuce-lover. I usually find it so flavorless. But slap some bacon and blue cheese over, and I'm all over it!

[Half Assed Kitchen]

I'm not a huge iceberg lettuce fan myself, but there's something about the texture of it in wedge form. And, yeah, the blue cheese and bacon don't hurt either. :)

[Nancy]

Wow! That's exactly what I blurted out as soon as as I tasted this incredible dressing. It matches up to the bleu cheese dressing at one of my favorite restaurants. I especially like that it is on the robust side as opposed to sweet. You deserve 10 stars for this one! Thanks!!!

[mma clothing]

This recipe looks amazing :)