Beefsteak Tomato, Butterhead Lettuce, and Bacon with Blue Cheese Dressing
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Active Time
20 min
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Total Time
20 min
BLT, hold the bread (you won't miss it). Big chunks of sun-ripened tomato and soft leaves of butterhead lettuce—Boston or Bibb, for instance—are topped with a creamy blue cheese dressing (fine-tuned with a wizardly touch of bacon fat) and plenty of crisp homemade bacon bits. It is a familiar yet striking kickoff to a bucolic meal seriously focused on produce.
Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Step 1
Cook bacon in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat until crisp. Transfer to paper towels to drain, reserving fat in skillet.
Step 2
Whisk together 1 tablespoon hot bacon fat, sour cream, milk, vinegar, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper until smooth. Stir in scallion and 2/3 cup blue cheese. Thin with additional milk if desired.
Step 3
Quarter lettuce lengthwise (through stem) into wedges, then remove core and arrange each wedge on a plate with tomato wedges. Stir dressing and spoon over top. Sprinkle with bacon, remaining 1/3 cup blue cheese, and pepper to taste.
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Reviews (7)
Back to TopAlthough pretty simple, company worthy in my opinion. I thought the dressing was great as written - not too much vinegar. I used skim milk and light sour cream to lighten up the dressing a little. I did have to thin the dressing just a tad.
Anonymous
Channel Islands, CA
3/11/2010
I enjoyed this recipe, but agree with other reviewers that the dressing had too much vinegar. I'd recommend starting with just 1 Tbsp of the vinegar, and then adding additional to taste. Also, I'd increase the bacon to 2 slices per serving.
Anonymous
Corvallis, OR
9/10/2009
Bacon was yummy, but the dressing was so - so. Too much vinegar, not creamy enough. Would look for another blue cheese dressing.
cbsmom
9/10/2009
I used a mix of romaine & iceburg which I had on hand rather than the butter lettuce. The result was good but not exceptional. The dressing was good but I think there may be a better blue cheese dressing out there. The bacon bits really made the salad though. The remaining dressing lasted OK in the fridge for a couple of days. 6.5/10.
Plonkam
Halifax, NS
9/4/2009
很好的酱。容易to make and will do this one again.
jdaf
Maryland
9/3/2009
Basically my favorite salad from the Cheesecake Factory.
Anonymous
San Francisco
8/31/2009
This was so easy and delicious, that I'll happily make it again and my husband will happily eat it again! It made enough for us to have it two nights in a row.
scotteem
Burke, VA
8/31/2009
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