Food Recipes Side Dishes Frisée and Endive Salad Be the first to rate & review! By Melissa Rubel Jacobson Melissa Rubel Jacobson Melissa Rubel Jacobson crafted numerous sweet and savory recipes for Food & Wine, including a tropical snack mix that was named one of the publication’s 40 best recipes of 2018. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 14, 2023 Save Rate PRINT Share Close Total Time: 15 mins Yield: 6 Blue cheese dressing doesn't have to be the gunk served with chicken wings at dive bars. Melissa Rubel Jacobson makes her splendid, refined version with red wine vinegar and plenty of fresh tarragon. It's still great with chicken wings, hearty green salad, tomato salad, and grilled steak. Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 1 head of frisée (6 ounces), coarsely chopped 2 endives, thinly sliced crosswise 1 tomato, cut into 12 wedges 1/2 seedless cucumber, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing Blue-Cheese Tarragon Dressing 2 ounces mild blue cheese, such as Maytag blue (1/4 cup), crumbled 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon water 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons tarragon, coarsely chopped Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper Directions Make the dressing In a food processor, puree half of the blue cheese with the mayonnaise, olive oil, water, and vinegar until smooth. Add the remaining blue cheese and the tarragon and pulse until just incorporated and the dressing is slightly chunky. Season with salt and pepper. © Fredrika Stjärne Compose the salad In a large bowl, toss the frisée with the endives, tomato and cucumber. Add the dressing, toss the salad and serve. Make ahead The dressing can be refrigerated overnight. Originally appeared: June 2009 Rate It Print