Dannyalcatraz Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Not the sautéed zucchini, onions & tomatoes… Not the pan full of NY Strips bring sautéed in butter & EVOO… THIS: a creamy blue cheese dipping sauce! Plated. This was my first attempt at mimicking the creamy blue cheese dipping sauce that comes with the bacon-wrapped flatiron appetizer at Boston’s Pizza (a Canadian chain spreading through the USA). It’s such a good dipping sauce that 2 people I know who don’t like blue cheeses in general demand their own ramekins when we order this appetizer. This time I used half a stick of unsalted butter, a half container of heavy whipping cream, 2/3 of a wedge of Blue Dauvergne cheese, and ground black pepper. The only complaint: not thick enough. Next time, I’m using the whole cheese wedge. 1 Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Love the concept…but I’m not the biggest bleu cheese fan. Now you’ve got me thinking about what cheese I could sub. 🤔😁 dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadslayer Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Blue cheese on steak can be awesome. California Pizza Kitchen - of all places - used to serve a broiled ribeye finished with "Blue Cheese Butter" which was superb. I talked an employee into showing me the secret insider recipe, but it started out with something like "mix softened butter with CPK ingredient #xxx pinot fleur de sel, add in CPK ingredient #yyy seasoning packet ... and so forth - not enough info. There are a couple of knock-offs on the Web but they don't really sound like the real thing. I hadn't heard pf the dipping sauce method before, but it sounds and looks good. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Dave Bryce said: Love the concept…but I’m not the biggest bleu cheese fan. Now you’ve got me thinking about what cheese I could sub. 🤔😁 dB Roquefort, it is a bleu cheese made from sheeps milk, originally from France. I prefer it to bleu cheese, seems like it's got more flavor. If I am eating at a restaurant that serves salads and the wait staff asks for my preference for salad dressing, I ALWAYS say "Roquefort please" and they ALWAYS say "Is Bleu Cheese OK?" For some mundane, pathetic reason, this cracks me up every time. 🤣 It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/18/2022 at 8:42 AM, Dave Bryce said: Love the concept…but I’m not the biggest bleu cheese fan. Now you’ve got me thinking about what cheese I could sub. 🤔😁 dB I hear and believe you, but I wasn’t kidding when I said two people who don’t like blue cheese love Boston Pizza’s blue cheese sauce enough they get their own ramekins of it. That said, if I were a non-blue lover like yourself trying to find a substitute, I’d look first at smoked versions of cheeses I know I like. And the smokier the better. That smoke will go a l9g way towards filling the role the blue mold does- giving a contrasting, non-dairy flavor to the sauce’s body of cream and butter. Right now, the smokiest non-blue cheese we currently have in our fridge is a wedge of Yancey’s Fancy Smoked Gouda. Boar’s Head Smoked Gruyere or Hickory Farms’ smoked cheddar might be good, too. My next guess would be a beer or wine infused cheese. Cahill Irish Porter cheese would be a good option. Merlot Bellavitano (or possibly Espresso Bellavitano) could work as well. This site might help you in your search: https://cheese.com Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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