You’re going to get what seems like a lot of dressing from this wedge salad recipe, but all those crevices in the iceberg lettuce will use it up. This recipe is from Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans, our Best New Restaurant of 2017.
Ingredients
4 servings
Dressing
10
1
½
¼
1
1
1½
1½
1¼
1
¾
Salad and Assembly
¼
¼
¼
¼
8
1
1
1
2
Preparation
Dressing
Step 1
Mix blue cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, lemon juice, poppy seeds, garlic powder, hot sauce, onion powder, pepper, and celery seeds in a medium bowl. Season with salt, and more lemon juice if needed.
Step 2
Do Ahead: Dressing can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
Salad and Assembly
Step 3
Toast minced garlic, minced onion, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds in a medium skillet over medium heat, tossing constantly, until golden brown, 3–5 minutes (watch carefully; you don’t want to let mixture toast too much or garlic will be bitter). Immediately spread out on a rimmed baking sheet and let cool.
Step 4
Cook bacon in same skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until brown and crisp, 6–8 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
Step 5
Toss tomatoes with lemon juice and oil in a small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Let sit 5 minutes.
Step 6
Season cut sides of lettuce with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Push tomatoes between leaves and into any crevices. Drizzle with dressing, working into crevices and between leaves. Sprinkle with toasted seed mixture. Top with bacon, dill sprigs, and a few grinds of pepper.
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Reviews (8)
Back to TopI was missing the bacon, poppy seeds, and dried minced onion and it was still great. The blue cheese buttermilk dressing really made it.
Anonymous
9/24/2022
Want to come back The first time we went we had no idea what to order and did not do well Everyone we know who’s been here really digs ut( they knew what to order!!( We’ll be there soon again!!
Anonymous
Nola
2/29/2020
I have a huge hunk of Bayley Hazen blue cheese from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont just waiting to be in this salad. I surfed the net, looking for a Wedge Salad recipe worthy of it — eureka, I've found it! I used to live in NOLA but haven't been back since 2008, so I have yet to experience Turkey and the Wolf; it's on my list, for sure. Sandwiches are my favorite food delivery system, and NOLA is home to quite a few of them — the Fergie and Debris Po'Boys at Mother's and Casamento's legendary Oyster Loaf reign supreme. The muffuly, however, disappoints — bread's too thick, toppings way overdone — so I'd love to see what Mason's take on it would be. I'm thinking he'd improve on the bread and make a killer olive salad. If he wanted to add his Salt & Vinegar chips to it, I wouldn't complain.
hollis5
Brooklyn, South Jersey, New Orleans, Houston, and now Florida
9/25/2019
Completely agree with previous reviewer. This takes salad to a new level.
brushjl
Solon, ohio
4/14/2019
The only salad you ever need
Anonymous
1/18/2018