Authentic Thousand Island Dressing is a tangy, sweet, creamy concoction of fresh ingredients, including onions, sweet pepper, and even a hard-boiled egg!
Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.If you like your thousand island more chunky, leave out half of the pickle relish and add it after the rest of the mixture has been blended.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Dressing is ready to serve immediately; however, it is better after it has a few hours in the fridge for flavors to marry and the mixture to thicken.
Notes
Ground cloves are one of those things where a little goes a long way. I use home-canned bread-and-butter pickles that already have cloves in them, so I generally don't add any additional.
Some like their Thousand Island very sweet, while others prefer it a little more tangy. You can fine-tune the flavor to meet you needs by adjusting the sugar, salt and vinegar a bit.
This dressing is ready to serve immediately; however, it is better after it has a few hours in the fridge for flavors to marry and the mixture to thicken. Homemade Thousand Island will keep for up to a week in the fridge. Always refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours of opening.