This right here is the holy grail of dips. A bastardised version of a Delia Smith recipe for
blue cheese dressing, I think from How to
Cook 2, it's served us well all through the festive season and is the main
culprit for all that weight gain... During my last, tired months living in York
it was constant munching of blue cheese, not chocolate that gave me a
body-shape akin to a Moomin. Luckily, I like Moomins! This dip is definitely
Daddy’s favourite - mine too- as it knocks the socks off any drab old sour
cream and chive number. My mum’s allergic to penicillin so blue cheese is off
her menu but we still had to keep shouting at her whenever she sneakily took a
spoonful. Honestly, you’d think if you were allergic you’d just respect that
but no, not in this house! We eat this dip with crudités but it’s also great with barbequed chicken wings,
which we had tonight! You can use any blue cheese you have around; for
us, that meant an enormous chunk of Blacksticks Blue but Gorgonzola, Dolcelatte
and even Stilton work very well.
I get WAY more excited about our Christmas Eve buffet than
any other meal on the calendar. It’s my special day; once we’ve picked up the
turkey then BOOM, it’s time to get prepping. Here’s what we had this time
round; white crabmeat and cress cocktails, lobster with samphire, coconut
prawns, crudités with our blue cheese dip, Parma ham, fig and goat’s cheese
bundles, pigs in blankets and of course, cheese and pineapples! With some
tiramisu macarons and spice pear Bellini’s thrown in for good measure. My, god
the acid reflux… HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Xxx
It’s finally here! A day well spent in the kitchen preparing my favourite meal of the year. Tonight’s selection includes homemade prawn gyoza, parma ham, goat’s cheese and fig bundles, ham cooked in coca-cola with a treacle and brown sugar glaze, balsamic vinaigrette salad, crudités, potato salad and many more! Happy Christmas!
