Blue Cheese And Head Cheese Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat a grill or indoor grill pan to high.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the onion and bacon and cook until the bacon is crispy. Remove the onion and bacon from the pan. Add the balsamic vinegar and 1 tablespoon olive oil to the skillet and reduce for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside. Brush the romaine with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Place on the grill cut-side down and quickly sear until grill marks are visible. Set aside. For each serving, place a half head of romaine cut-side up on a plate and drizzle the balsamic dressing on top. Sprinkle with blue cheese and the bacon and onion, and garnish with cracked black pepper. Photograph by Yunhee Kim

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, and sugar.
• Slowly add extra-virgin olive oil, whisking until emulsified. Or shake the ingredients in a jar, or whirl them in a blender. Add crumbled blue cheese.

Steps:

• To make the dressing:
• Whisk together the grated cheese, vinegar, and mustard. In a slow steady stream, whisk in the olive oil until emulsified. Season the vinaigrette with salt, and pepper to taste.
• To make the salad:
• Rinse and dry all the salad greens, and toss them together in a large bowl. Arrange the chicken, bacon, avocado, tomato, and Roquefort in uniform rows on top the mixed greens. Garnish with the grated hard-boiled egg, and chives.
• Just before serving, pour the dressing over the salad and toss.

Steps:

• Place lettuce in a big bowl. Combine garlic, oregano, sugar and vinegar in a small bowl. Add oil to dressing in a slow stream and mix with a whisk or fork. Stir in blue cheese. Pour dressing over salad and toss. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Steps:

• Combine the shallot, salt, pepper, and vinegars in a medium bowl. While whisking, slowly pour in the olive oil. Crumble the blue cheese into the bowl and stir with a spoon til the crumbles are coated with the vinaigrette.

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• Heat 1 T oil in a small, heavy skillet over medium heat; add garlic and saute until golden, about 1 minute.
• Transfer garlic mixture to a blender or food processor; add blue cheese, white wine vinegar, water, sugar, hot pepper sauce, salt, pepper and remaining 6 T of olive oil.
• Blend well.
• Transfer vinaigrette to a bowl; mix in chopped basil.
• Can be prepared 2 days ahead, cover and refrigerate.

Steps:

• In a large serving bowl, mix together the onion, garlic, mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil until well blended. Add the blue cheese and head cheese; toss until well coated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill until serving.n

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy small skillet over medium heat. Add 2 teaspoons minced garlic and sauté until golden, about 1 minute. Transfer garlic mixture to blender. Add blue cheese, white wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon water, sugar, hot pepper sauce, salt, pepper and remaining 6 tablespoons olive oil; blend well. Transfer vinaigrette to bowl. Mix in chopped basil. (Vinaigrette can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

Steps:

• In a container with a lid, shake together vinegar, salt, pepper, and mustard. Add oil and blue cheese, and shake again until well combined.

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the vinegar, sugar, 1/2 cup blue cheese, onion, mustard, garlic and salt.
• Cover and process until smooth.
• While processong, gradually add oil in a steady stream until dressing is thickened.
• Stir in remaining blue cheese if desired.
• Serve over salad.
• Cover and fefrigerate leftover dressing.

Steps:

• Whisk together vinegar, shallot, and mustard. Pour inoil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly untilemulsified. Whisk in half the blue cheese. Season with salt.
• Arrange lettuce wedges on a platter. Drizzle withvinaigrette. Sprinkle with remaining blue cheese, andseason with pepper.

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the vinegar, sugar, 1/2 cup blue cheese, onion, mustard, garlic and salt. Cover and process until smooth. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream until dressing is thickened. Stir in the remaining blue cheese if desired. Serve over salad. Cover and refrigerate leftover dressing.