bleu cheese dressing
Noun: A creamy, cold sauce or condiment for salads, typically made from a base of mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, or yogurt, and characterized by the inclusion of crumbled blue cheese (often specifically a type like Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or Stilton). The dressing has a tangy, salty, and pungent flavor profile derived from the cheese.
This noun is typically used as a mass noun (uncountable) to refer to the dressing as a substance. It is commonly used in the context of food, dining, and recipes. - It is served as a topping or accompaniment for salads, especially wedge salads. - It can be used as a dip for vegetables or chicken wings.
- As a salad dressing:
- I ordered the iceberg wedge salad with bleu cheese dressing.
- Would you like ranch or bleu cheese dressing on your side salad?
- As a dip or ingredient:
- The buffalo wings were served with celery sticks and bleu cheese dressing.
- This recipe for stuffed mushrooms calls for a tablespoon of bleu cheese dressing.
- The term is sometimes spelled "blue cheese dressing," with "bleu" being a common alternative that reflects the French origin of many famous blue cheeses.
- It can be part of compound menu descriptions, e.g., "bleu cheese dressing cup" or "house-made bleu cheese dressing."
- Blue cheese dressing: The more common English spelling variant.
- Roquefort dressing: A specific type of bleu cheese dressing made with Roquefort cheese.
- Salad dressing: The general hypernym.
- Creamy dressing: A descriptive term for the texture category.
- Blue cheese sauce (though "sauce" may imply a different consistency or use)
- Roquefort dressing (a specific subtype)
- Vinaigrette (a dressing based on oil and vinegar, not creamy)
- Ranch dressing (another creamy dressing but with a herbaceous, not cheesy, flavor)
No common idioms incorporate this specific term. It is primarily a culinary term.
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creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
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