Blue-Cheese-and-Walnut Dip with Waldorf Crudités

Name: Blue-Cheese-and-Walnut Dip with Waldorf Crudités
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts; 1 cup mayonnaise; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 tablespoons minced shallots; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 8 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (2 cups); Salt and freshly ground pepper; Snipped chives, for garnish

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With walnuts, mayonnaise, apples and grapes, this recipe is a riff on classic Waldorf salad.Plus: F&W's Appetizers Cooking Guide Party Dips and Spreads

By Grace Parisi

Updated on November 20, 2019

Blue-Cheese-and-Walnut Dip with Waldorf Crudites. Photo © David Malosh — Photo: © David Malosh

Total Time:

25 mins

Yield:

3 cups

Ingredients

1 cup walnuts
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
8 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (2 cups)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Snipped chives, for garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Spread the walnuts in a pie plate and toast them in the oven for 10 minutes, until fragrant and golden. Let cool, then coarsely chop the nuts.
In a food processor, pulse the mayonnaise, buttermilk, shallots and vinegar until smooth. Add the blue cheese; pulse until chunky. Add the walnuts and pulse until fine. Season with salt and pepper; garnish with the chives.