Make the dressing ahead to allow its flavours to mingle, overnight is perfect. This dressing will keep for a few days as it makes enough to fill a medium-sized jar or make half the quantity for this amount of cos lettuce.
Serves 4
NZ blue cheese dressing
150g NZ blue cheese
125g creme fraiche
5 tablespoons full cream milk, plus more if needed to thin
3 tablespoons store-bought mayonnaise
Salad
2 heads cos lettuce, washed and dried
4 rashers bacon, cooked until crisp and cut into pieces
A small bunch of chives
Method
To make the dressing, crumble the blue cheese in your fingers into a bowl. Add the creme fraiche, milk and mayonnaise and season with salt.
Stir with a fork to combine, cover and keep in the fridge.
Cut the lettuce lengthways into 4 long pieces and arrange in a shallow plate. Spoon over enough dressing to moisten and crumble over the bacon. Snip over the chives. Put extra dressing in a small serving bowl as you will probably want more!
Tips
• If the dressing is a little thick, thin it down with extra milk
• Try it as a blue cheese dressing on a beef burger
• We loved it with vegetable crudites too
