Category: Salad Dressings

Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise

Sooo good with artichokes!  And tomatoes.  And potatoes.  And hamburgers.  And . . . . .

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup mayonnaise (yes, Mary, real mayo)
  • 12 roasted garlic cloves, room temperature or cold (not hot)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 4 chives finely chopped

Directions:

  1. Put everything in a food processor and pulse until blended.
  2. Refrigerate.

Makes: 1 cup

Source:  GOK

Red Roquefort Dressing

Sounds odd, but really works.  Good.

Ingredients:

  • 1¼ c  mayonnaise
  • 5 Tab  ketchup
  • ¼ c  Minced onion
  • 2½ Tab  red wine vinegar
  • 2½ Tab sugar
  • 1½ tsp  Dijon mustard
  • ¾ tsp  paprika
  • ¾ tsp  salt
  • ½ tsp  celery salt
  • 1/8 tsp  pepper
  • 1¼ c  vegetable oil
  • ¾ c  crumbled  Roquefort

Instructions:

  1. Combine mayonnaise, ketchup, onion, vinegar, sugar, mustard, paprika, salt, celery salt, pepper.
  2. Add oil in a stream, whisking.
  3. Whisk until it is combined well.
  4. Add Roquefort, stirring gently.
  5. Chill

Serves: Makes about 3½ cups

Notes:

  • Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip – both work
  • I used dried minced onions

Source: The Jefferson Avenue Boarding House via (the now deceased) Gourmet Magazine

Curry Dressing

A nice change from the mostly sweet dressings you find on fruit.  

Ingredients:

  • ½ c Sour cream
  • ½ c Mayonnaise
  • 2 T Lemon juice
  • ¼ t Dry mustard
  • ¼ t Garlic salt
  • ¼ t Curry powder

Instructions:

  1. Mix sour cream and mayonnaise.
  2. Add other ingredients.

Serves: Makes 1 cup dressing – 6-8 servings

Notes:

  • Serve on cantaloupe, fresh pineapple, banana.  Top with toasted almonds.
  • Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip – both good.

Source: Sunset Magazine – a long time ago.

The One True Blue Cheese Dressing

I made up nine different blue cheese dressings and then we tasted them – this one was our favorite.  Simple, creamy, blue cheesy and chunky.

Ingredients:

  • ¾ c Danish Blue Cheese, crumbled
  • ½ c mayonnaise
  • ¾ c sour cream
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp grated onion
  • 1 clove garlic, pressed
  • ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • freshly ground pepper

Instructions:

  1. Mix ingredients in order given.
  2. Blend well.
  3. Cover and chill to allow flavors to blend.

Serves: Makes 2 cups

Notes:

  • I used the blue cheese crumbles from Costco
  • I used dried onion
  • I added the Worcestershire sauce to the original recipe
  • and, yes Mary, I did use real mayonnaise although it would probably be even better with Miracle Whip.
  • One of the dressings added creamy cottage cheese – it would add more texture and volume.

Source: An ad for Danish Blue Cheese

Supreme Sauce from the Hotel del Coronado

Classic sauce for seafood or salad dressing. This recipe is from my grandmother from when she lived at the Hotel del Coronado during WWII.
Ingredients:

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup catsup
  • 1/2 pint (2 c) buttermilk (Fresh, not frozen, makes it too thin) or sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 lemons — Juiced (2 – 3 Tablespoons)
  • salt and pepper
  • orange juice

Directions:

  1. Mix  mayo and catsup.
  2. Add buttermilk/sour cream, Worcestershire Sauce, lemon and orange juice.
  3. Mix well.
  4. Salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Thin with orange juice if needed.

Note: VAK (Mom) uses Miracle Whip, buttermilk and the juice of one lemon and one orange. That is how I make it also.
Serves: Make 3 cups.
Source: Marjorie Austin from a chef at the Hotel del Coronado.
Comments: Use as dip for cooked shrimp (30-32 size) with tails removed.  Also really good on avocado and shrimp/scallops/lobster  as an appetizer or salad.