Name: Beefsteak Tomato, Butterhead Lettuce, and Bacon with Blue Cheese Dressing
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 6 bacon slices, chopped; 1/2 cup sour cream; 3 tablespoons whole milk plus additional if necessary; 2 tablespoons cider vinegar; 1 scallion, chopped; 1 cup crumbled blue cheese (1/4 pound), divided; 1 (1/2-pound) head Bibb or Boston lettuce; 1 large beefsteak tomato, cut into wedges

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Beefsteak Tomato, Butterhead Lettuce, and Bacon with Blue Cheese DressingJonny Valiant

BLT, hold the bread (you won't miss it). Big chunks of sun-ripened tomato and soft leaves of butterhead lettuce—Boston or Bibb, for instance—are topped with a creamy blue cheese dressing (fine-tuned with a wizardly touch of bacon fat) and plenty of crisp homemade bacon bits. It is a familiar yet striking kickoff to a bucolic meal seriously focused on produce.

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