Creamy Blackberry Salad Dressing

5 from 14 votes

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This blackberry salad dressing is a creamy, luscious dressing with tart and sweet fruit flavors, plus herbal notes from fresh tarragon. This recipe peps up the dullest of salads. Check out the new video to see how to make it. 🙂

OK, this Blackberry Tarragon Salad Dressing is one of my top 3 salad dressings. Ever. From the fruity blackberry, Greek yogurt and herbal tarragon. So easy! www.keviniscooking.com


Creamy Blackberry Salad Dressing

I came up with this one a while ago and decided since I created a Pantry section here on the site I’d include this one for reference. Quickly made from items you already have in your refrigerator and pantry, this is my go to for a salad dressing that delivers more than the go-to oil and vinegar.

Ingredients

This is an emulsion of rice wine vinegar, vegetable oil and some plain Greek yogurt. The magic happens with the fresh blackberries and tarragon. Tarragon has that sweet almost licorice note and with the fruity blackberry, well just trust this will work. Fresh tarragon is best to me, but if not on hand I always keep some dried.

What’s great about this is that you’re making it. You know what goes in it and there are no ingredients with twenty letters you can’t pronounce, or know what they are.

OK, this Blackberry Tarragon Salad Dressing is one of my top 3 salad dressings. Ever. From the fruity blackberry, Greek yogurt and herbal tarragon. So easy! www.keviniscooking.com

Video and Instructions

Want to see this recipe in action? Check out the video located in the recipe card and the bottom of this post!

To make the dressing, it’s simply a quick emulsion in the blender and ready in a minute. I use a Vitamix that thoroughly breaks everything down, but if your blender doesn’t completely break down the seeds from the blackberries, just press through a sieve to extract any seed residue for a completely smooth and creamy salad dressing.

To offset the tartness it’s rounded out with some honey to sweeten things up. The combination is sublime and goes well with a hearty kale salad to these Spring Greens with avocados and roasted and salted pumpkin seeds.

OK, this Blackberry Tarragon Salad Dressing is one of my top 3 salad dressings. Ever. From the fruity blackberry, Greek yogurt and herbal tarragon. So easy! www.keviniscooking.com

Serve this homemade salad dressing over your favorite salad greens as a lunch or a starter for dinner

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Besides a fantastic dressing for a salad, what other ideas would you use this on? Enjoy!

OK, this Blackberry Tarragon Salad Dressing is one of my top 3 salad dressings. Ever. From the fruity blackberry, Greek yogurt and herbal tarragon. So easy! www.keviniscooking.com

This recipe first appeared on Kevin Is Cooking January 2016 and was last updated on August 26, 2019.

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OK, this Blackberry Tarragon Salad Dressing is one of my top 3 salad dressings. Ever. From the fruity blackberry, Greek yogurt and herbal tarragon. So easy! keviniscooking.com

Creamy Blackberry Salad Dressing + Video

5 from 14 votes
Pep up the dullest of salads by making blackberry salad dressing! Creamy and luscious, with tart-sweet fruit flavor, plus fresh tarragon.
Servings: 20 servings
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes

Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • In a blender puree the blackberries, rice wine vinegar, vegetable oil, yogurt, honey and kosher salt.
  • Press through a sieve to extract seed residue and whisk in the fresh or dried tarragon. Chill until ready to use.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 608kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 55g | Saturated Fat: 44g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 602mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 190IU | Vitamin C: 15.6mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 0.7mg

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

Course: Condiment, Salad
Cuisine: American, Western
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46 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Have made this previously and was an absolute winner!! although the amount of dressing is way more than needed for the salad. Can you please inform me how long this dressing would last in the fridge?

    1. So glad you enjoyed this one. It does state 20 servings, so several salads. This keeps refrigerated for a week, no more than 2 weeks. Thanks!

  2. 5 stars
    I think that tarragon is one of the most under-used herbs, so I love to see you using it here! Especially with blackberries and yogurt in this luscious salad dressing. Looks perfect for all of these big salads I’m looking forward to this summer!

    1. That lovely hint of licorice-like flavor and the sweet berries are a fantastic combination. Perfect for salads and dipping!