Pickle-brined buffalo wings with blue Caesar recipe

Ingredients

• 1kg chicken wings
• 1 x 340g jar crinkle-cut gherkins
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• ½ tsp garlic granules
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 75ml hot sauce (we used Cholula Original)
• 30g unsalted butter, melted
• 2 thick slices sourdough, torn into chunks
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 50g creamy blue cheese
• 5 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 anchovy fillets
• 30g parmesan, finely grated, plus extra shavings to serve
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• juice of 2 lemons
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 Romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
• 2 celery sticks, sliced diagonally