Blue Cheese Sauce to top off Broccoli Week on the blog! Well, I had to bring you something extra tasty because my husband kept saying that Broccoli week was far too healthy! Last week I brought you two great new Broccoli recipes: Grilled Garlicky Broccoli and Caramelized Broccoli.
Simple steamed broccoli gets a fancy treatment with Blue Cheese Sauce which makes even picky eaters happy!
If you like Blue Cheese, you’ll love this sauce! It’s rich and creamy without being too heavy. Just the right balance of flavors. If you’re like me, you’d be inclined to just leave that little teaspoon of oil out of the recipe. I highly recommend you use it in this! It just rounds out the sauce and makes it a little extra creamy! So, go ahead, it’s fine to use it!
This Blue Cheese Sauce can either be poured directly over whatever you’re serving, think veggies like broccoli and carrots, baked potatoes, steak, burgers. Or, this Blue Cheese Sauce can be served as a dipping sauce on the side, try it with fresh veggies, crackers, or bread. Either way, you’ll be really happy with it.
Cambozola Triple Cream Soft Ripened Blue Cheese
I love blue cheese, but I definitely have my favorite kind. I get this Cambozola Triple Cream Soft Ripened Blue Cheese at Trader Joe’s. It’s a really nice creamy blue cheese that isn’t too harsh. I know some blue cheeses can be really overwhelming and pungent, even to the point that you don’t want to eat them. So, I recommend that you go with your favorite blue cheese, or if you can find this kind, do give it a go. I love it!
Blue Cheese Sauce Recipe
Blue Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese cut into small pieces
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 4 ounces blue cheese cut into small pieces
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives plus additional for garnishing
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- Place the cream cheese pieces and milk in a small saucepan set over medium-high heat. Stir until cream cheese is almost all melted. Stir in the blue cheese, and continue stirring over medium-high heat until everything is almost melted all the way through. Remove from heat, and continue to stir until the sauce is smooth and lump free. Stir in the chopped chives, garlic powder, and oil.
- Pour over veggies, baked potatoes, steak, or whatever makes you happy. Or, pour into a small dish to serve as a dipping sauce. Garnish with additional chopped chives or freshly ground black pepper.
CulinaryGinger (@culinaryginger) says
May 10, 2016 at 7:27 amThere’s nothing better than a good blue cheese sauce and this looks delicious.
Dini @ The Flavor Bender says
May 10, 2016 at 9:39 amI can imagine myself putting this ontop of absolutely everything!! It looks dangerously delicious! 🙂 I’m going to keep an eye out for the triple cream blue cheese too – I think I might like it more than regular blue cheese (I like that it’s creamier than the regular!)
Beth @ Binky's Culinary Carnival says
May 10, 2016 at 9:46 amThat looks awesome! Probably would be great with chicken wings too, right?
Fuss Free Helen says
May 10, 2016 at 10:16 amCambozola is one of my favourites. I love the mixture of cheese sauce and the healthy broccoli here, it all counts for a balanced diet right ? 😉
Molly ~ EasycookingwithMolly says
May 10, 2016 at 10:25 amBlue Cheese is one of my favorite cheese but I’ve never made a blue cheese sauce at home. The recipe looks so good n simple to make – will try soon.
klg1982 says
May 10, 2016 at 11:00 amMan, I love adding cheese to my veggies. This Blue Cheese sauce looks so yummy!
Michaela - An Affair from the Heart says
May 11, 2016 at 10:42 amThis recipe literally makes my mouth WATER!! Looks SO DARN GOOD!
Florian @ContentednessCooking says
May 11, 2016 at 12:33 pmThis looks wonderful and so rich and decadent! This would be the perfect sauce for so many things, not only broccoli!
peter @feedyoursoultoo says
May 11, 2016 at 1:52 pmI love broccoli and love it with a cheese sauce. I love your first pic.
Debra C. says
May 11, 2016 at 3:38 pmI just had a post with Cambozola yesterday….now I know what to do with the leftovers, YUM!
Angela says
May 15, 2016 at 3:47 pmSo tasty!!! Great basic versatile recipe
Kavey says
May 16, 2016 at 1:38 amI really love blue cheese sauces, with everything – crudites, crisps (potato chips), and ooh yes chicken wings. So good!
pattyanderson54p says
May 16, 2016 at 4:47 amLove Bleu Cheese! This sounds wonderful! Easy too.
foodyschmoody says
May 19, 2016 at 7:23 amI absolutely can NOT wait to make this! I often make cheese dips for our game nights and I’ve got one coming up. Love this.