Yeah, originally Walt just used Jesse for his "smurfs" to get pseudoephedrine. He didn't use any formula from Jesse, he just needed his resources to get the precursors. And Walt's first batch of Psuedo Meth produced the largest crystals Jesse had ever seen (Jesse said he was an artist and what not and Walt told him, no derpstien, it's just chemistry). It was after Jesse got his kicked by Tuco that Walt wanted to increase production, and so he started the Methlyamine cook--which is the barrel they stole in the first season and how the first batch of blue meth came about.
But yeah, he never used Jesse's formula. In fact, he pretty much called Jesse's whole process garbage.