Our dreamy buttermilk dressing is to die for! It’s luscious tart creaminess will add some excitement to your salads or use it as a sauce on top of grilled steak, fish or chicken - yummmy!
What is buttermilk?
In short it’s just sour milk - fresh milk that has been allowed to turn sour. Traditionally the leftover milk after butter has been churned, low in fat and high in protein, is allowed to ferment which gives it a tart taste. Nowadays most buttermilk’s are cultured, which means that enzymes are injected into low fat milk and then heated.
What can I substitute for buttermilk?
Milk and vinegar or fresh lemon juice - place one tablespoon of white vinegar or apple cider vinegar or fresh lemon juice in a bowl then add one cup of milk minus one tablespoon and stir together. Let it stand for five minutes or so. This makes one cup.
Sour cream or yoghurt and milk or water - place ¾ cup of sour cream or yoghurt in a bowl the add ¼ cup of milk or water and mix together. This makes one cup.
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How to make buttermilk dressing
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl, season and mix well together with a small whisk or a fork.
- Taste and adjust seasonings according to your preferences.
- Place in a sealed glass container and store in the fridge and it should last 5-7 days depending on how fresh your buttermilk and cream cheese were.
What can I use it in
- A great dressing for fishy salads such as smoked salmon, smoked trout, tuna, etc.
- Chicken or steak salads.
- Great on mixed salads and raw vegetable salads.
- Incredible on grilled cos/romaine lettuce.
- Pasta, coleslaw or potato salads.
- Amazing on roasted or steamed brassicas such as broccoli or cauliflower.
- Try using it to poach some white firm-fleshed fish such as snapper or cod.
- As a sauce to pour over steak, fish or chicken.
- Ti dip your crispy fried chicken into.
- Double the cream cheese and use as a dip for crudités or chips or crumbed chicken or fish fillets.
How much does it make
This recipe will make just over ¾ cup of dressing enough for two salads that serve four people. The nutritional information has been calculated for eight servings.
How long can I store it for
If you store your buttermilk dressing in a sealed glass container in the coldest part of the fridge it should last for approximately 5-7 days depending on how fresh your buttermilk and cream cheese were.
We have used it on
Smoked Salmon and Avocado Salad
Use it as an alternative dressing on
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Ingredients
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup spreadable cream cheese
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
- 3 tbsps oil
- 1 tablespoon chives
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl and season and mix well together with a small whisk or a fork.
- Taste and adjust seasonings according to your preferences.
- Place in a sealed glass container in the fridge and it should last 5-7 days depending on how fresh your buttermilk and cream cheese were.
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