Why You Should Add Horseradish to Your Blue Cheese Dressing
I love blue cheese sauce. Whether it’s wings, a slice, or a slice of pizza, runny cheese adds a deliciously salty flavor to meats, vegetables, and carbs. I usually keep my blue cheese very simple , but a recent trip to Clyde’s Prime Rib inspired me to spice things up a bit.
If you haven’t been to the Clyde in Portland, Oregon, this is amazing. There are semi-circular booths, armor in the lobby, and a first-class rib – you know, the bare necessities. I dined there just last weekend to celebrate my 36th birthday and it was pretty incredible, as was my order (wedge salad, shrimp cocktail, top notch ribs with loaded baked potatoes and creme brulee).
While browsing through salad dressings, I saw that their homemade salad comes with “horseradish blue cheese” and I gasped. What an inspiring combination. Sinus-cleansing, flavor-restoring horseradish is the perfect foil for all the salt, grease, and flavor that comes with blue cheese dressing. This supplement is 10/10 and I have no notes.
What’s more, it’s something you can very easily do at home. Much like adding vanilla extract to salad dressings (a trick I stole from Bern’s steakhouse in Tampa, Florida), all you have to do is add vanilla extract to the dressing. Made.
The amount of horseradish you should add depends on the amount of horseradish you can handle, so add little by little by spoonfuls to taste. Take a jar of ready-made material and start scooping, mixing between each addition until it is completely mixed. Dip, spray and wet as usual, but be careful with the wings. The blue cheese dressing is meant to provide a cool feel when paired with wings, and this version doesn’t.