Blue-Cheese-and-Walnut Dip with Waldorf Crudités

By BobD

With walnuts, mayonnaise, apples and grapes, this recipe is a riff on classic Waldorf salad.

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

Preparation

Step 1

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.