Warm Blue Cheese Dip with Garlic and Bacon

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound bacon, diced
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 2 cups blue cheese, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the bacon until crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside.
2. In the same skillet, sauté the onion and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
3. Stir in the half-and-half and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick and bubbly. Reduce heat to low and stir in the blue cheese and Worcestershire sauce.
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in the cooked bacon. Serve warm.

Interesting Facts

• Blue cheese is believed to have been first made by an accident in a cave in Roquefort, France.
• Worcestershire sauce was first created in 1837 by two chemists in Worcester, England.
• Bacon has been a part of the human diet since Roman times.