Best Walnut And Blue Cheese Wedge Recipes

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BLUE CHEESE AND WALNUT SPREAD



Blue Cheese and Walnut Spread image

This spread is also delicious served on apple or pear wedges. Rub them first with lemon juice to prevent discoloration.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Appetizers

Yield Makes 1 1/3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

4-ounce bar of cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
Coarse salt and ground pepper
4 ounces (1 cup) cold crumbled blue cheese, such as Stilton
Crackers or crostini, for serving

Steps:

  • In a medium bowl, stir cream cheese with a wooden spoon until softened. Mix in walnuts; season with salt and pepper. Gently fold in blue cheese, breaking up as little as possible. Transfermixture to a small bowl; smooth top. Serve with crackers or crostini. To store: Cover with plastic wrapand refrigerate, up to 1 week.

WEDGE SALAD WITH ELEGANT BLUE CHEESE DRESSING



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This a great salad to have for a simple lunch or to serve with a nice dinner. Fresh ingredients make this salad very elegant and the wedge presentation makes it a great starter for a special occasion dinner. It is best to chill the dressing for 24 hours prior to serving.

Provided by cabanagrl

Categories     Salad     Green Salad Recipes

Time P1DT30m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 13

½ pound crumbled blue cheese
¼ cup sour cream
⅓ cup buttermilk
½ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
ground black pepper to taste
1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into 8 wedges
2 roma tomatoes, diced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
½ pound crumbled blue cheese

Steps:

  • Combine 1/2 pound blue cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, mayonnaise, vinegar, olive oil, sugar, garlic, and pepper in a bowl; blend using a hand mixer; chill until serving.
  • Build the salad by placing 1 lettuce wedge on each of 8 plates. Drizzle equal amounts of dressing over each wedge. Scatter tomatoes, onion, and 1/2 pound blue cheese over each salad.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 361.5 calories, Carbohydrate 9.1 g, Cholesterol 51.4 mg, Fat 30.6 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 13.7 g, SaturatedFat 13.5 g, Sodium 892.3 mg, Sugar 5.3 g

CREAMY BLUE CHEESE DIP WITH WALNUTS



Creamy Blue Cheese Dip With Walnuts image

Blue cheese can be a polarizing ingredient, but the sweetness of toasted walnuts rounds out the sharpness of the cheese in this creamy dip. If serving this dip to friends, surround it with large pieces of cabbage, sliced celery sticks and a sleeve of saltine crackers - and make extra, because it can disappear quickly. But it's built for more than entertaining guests: Slather it on a potato bun in a chicken cutlet sandwich, or use it to dress up a BLT.

Provided by Sue Li

Categories     condiments, dips and spreads, finger foods, appetizer

Time 20m

Yield 2 1/2 cups (6 to 8 servings)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup raw walnut pieces
8 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup thinly sliced chives, plus more for garnish
1 small shallot, finely chopped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
Kosher salt and black pepper
Celery sticks, for serving
Red cabbage, cut into wedges, for serving
Saltine crackers, for serving

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread walnuts on a baking sheet and toast in oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool, then coarsely chop.
  • In a medium bowl, combine blue cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, chives, shallot, lemon juice and paprika. Stir to blend, then season with salt and pepper.
  • Just before serving, stir in chopped walnuts and top with more chives. Enjoy with celery, cabbage and saltine crackers.

ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE DRESSING



Iceberg wedge salad with blue cheese dressing image

A crisp salad with tangy blue cheese dressing, crumbled cheese and crunchy toasted walnuts - a great accompaniment to steak

Provided by Chelsie Collins

Categories     Side dish, Starter

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 8

50ml buttermilk
50g soured cream
50g mayonnaise
1 tsp lemon juice
75g blue cheese , crumbled
½ small pack chives , snipped
1 iceberg lettuce washed and quartered
25g walnuts , toasted and chopped

Steps:

  • Make the dressing in a medium-sized bowl by combining the buttermilk, soured cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and 50g of the blue cheese. Season and stir through the chives. Chill until ready to serve.
  • When ready to serve, pour half the dressing over the lettuce wedges and crumble over the remaining blue cheese and a scattering of walnuts. Serve the rest of the dressing on the side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 516 calories, Fat 46 grams fat, SaturatedFat 16 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 8 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 15 grams protein, Sodium 1.1 milligram of sodium

BLUE CHEESE, WALNUT, AND CHICORY SALAD



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If you've been looking at endive and radicchio in the stores for years but never bought any because you thought you just wouldn't like it, I'm here to tell you, you probably do--especially in a salad like this. When chicory is combined with a sweet and tangy mustard vinaigrette, mixed with toasted, crunchy nuts, and wonderfully rich, subtly salty blue cheese, it all makes perfect sense.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     Salad     Green Salad Recipes

Time 20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ cup olive oil
1 head radicchio
4 heads Belgian endive
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled

Steps:

  • Stir or toss walnuts in a dry pan over medium heat until very hot to the touch and toasted, about 5 minutes.
  • Mix Dijon mustard, rice vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and pepper together in a bowl for dressing. Pour in olive oil, about 1 teaspoon at a time, whisking constantly, until thick and coats the back of a spoon. Taste and adjust as necessary.
  • Cut radicchio in half; cut out the core using 2 angled cuts. Cut each half in half again and slice across into about 1-inch pieces. Slice root ends off of endive and peel off about 1/3 of the leaves, leaving them whole for presentation. Slice remaining endive into 1/2-inch pieces.
  • Transfer all radicchio and endive to a bowl and toss, making sure leaves are separated and evenly distributed. Crumble in about 1/2 of the walnuts and 1/2 of the blue cheese. Pour in dressing and toss with your hands until everything is perfectly coated.
  • Place whole endive spears on a serving plate. Pile salad on top and scatter remaining walnuts and blue cheese on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 644.2 calories, Carbohydrate 27.5 g, Cholesterol 21.3 mg, Fat 55.4 g, Fiber 18.3 g, Protein 17.7 g, SaturatedFat 11.1 g, Sodium 710.9 mg, Sugar 4.1 g

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