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The Secret Ingredient That Adds That Bonus Tang To Blue Cheese Dressing
By Grace Allison
If you're thinking about enhancing your blue cheese dressing with a tangy and sweet flavor profile, Worcestershire sauce is the ingredient you need.
Worcestershire sauce might appear as an unconventional pairing with blue cheese dressing, but it adds another layer of complexity to this sauce without taking center stage.
Worcestershire sauce also has a slight umami edge, which adds extra savoriness and depth to the creamy and cheesy elements in blue cheese dressing.
There is a range of Worcestershire sauce brands to pair with blue cheese dressing; some lean into sweeter notes, and others contain a more sour or spicy profile.
Stilton and Roquefort have a more robust blue cheese flavor and are usually paired with sweet fruit or honey, so a fruity Worcestershire sauce complements these well.
On the other end of the blue cheese spectrum is the mildly flavored Gorgonzola. It works well with sweet Worcestershire sauce, but tangier brands are also recommended.
Finally, when it comes to the medium-flavored American blue cheese, you can have fun trying out both sweet or tangy Worcestershire brands to go with it.