Wedge Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

Ingredients

Blue Cheese Dressing

• 5 ounces Roquefort cheese (good quality), chopped/crumbled

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 1 cup mayonnaise

• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Salad

• 1 head iceberg lettuce, cut in quarters, or two romaine hearts cut in half length-wise 

• 1 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half

• 1/2 cup chopped cucumber (optional)

• 1/4 cup  crispy cooked bacon, chopped

• chopped red onion, to taste (optional)

Additional Optional Toppings

• crispy fried onions 

• additional crumbles of blue cheese for topping

Directions

Mix all of the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl until well blended. Next, place the wedges or romaine heart halves of on plates. Top with dressing, tomatoes, cucumber, bacon and red onion. Serve immediately. Enjoy!