Buttermilk crisp chicken and crunchy salad with sriracha mayo dressing.

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33 beautiful buttermilk recipes

Traditionally a byproduct of buttermaking,buttermilk adds lift to pancakes,tang to salad dressing and tenderness to meat. Here are some creative recipe ideas.

33 recipes
Katrina Meynink is on a mission to bring back the iceberg lettuce with this chicken salad.

Buttermilk crisp chicken and crunchy salad with sriracha mayo dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Buttermilk fried chicken burgers with pickle slaw and chipotle mayo.
EASY

Buttermilk fried chicken burgers with pickle slaw and chipotle mayo

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Lettuce with very versatile buttermilk dressing.
EASY

Cos lettuce with very useful dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Vanilla and buttermilk panna cotta with quince.

Vanilla buttermilk panna cotta with poached quinces

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Buttermilk waffles with maple bacon butter.

Buttermilk waffles with maple bacon butter

  • <30 mins
Buttermilk pancakes with hot fruit
EASY

Buttermilk pancakes with hot fruit

  • <30 mins
  • Stephanie Alexander
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Asparagus,pea and buttermilk quiche.
EASY

Asparagus,pea and buttermilk quiche recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Relaxed summer eating at its finest.

Katrina Meynink's crispy chicken with ranch dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
The secret to a thick,crisp coating is to double-dip in buttermilk and seasoned flour.

Buttermilk fried chicken

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Buttermilk scones with jam and cream.
EASY

Buttermilk scones

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Iceberg wedges with blue cheese and buttermilk dressing.
EASY

Iceberg wedges with blue cheese and buttermilk dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
EASY

Blue cheese madeleines

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Kipfler potatoes with lemon and horseradish.
EASY

Kipfler potatoes with lemon and horseradish

  • <30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Serve this soda bread with smoked salmon,cream cheese and microherbs (as pictured) for a feast.
EASY

Fennel and brown sugar soda bread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Sour milk'American'pancakes.
EASY

American pancakes

  • <30 mins
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Sriracha fried chicken and pickles.
EASY

Sriracha fried chicken and pickles

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Confit garlic and chilli barbecue prawns with buttermilk,avocado and parsley recipe.

Confit garlic and chilli barbecue prawns with buttermilk,avocado and parsley recipe

  • Three Blue Ducks
Jill Dupleix's corn bread.
EASY

Corn bread with bacon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Buttermilk fried chicken with hot sauce.

Buttermilk fried chicken and hot sauce recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
EASY

Canadian flapjacks with hot maple syrup

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Southern smoky chicken wings with goats curd dressing.

Southern-style smoky chicken wings with goat's curd dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip.

Spicy fried chicken with sour cream dip

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Jaffa bake:Blue Ducks'burnt orange and chocolate bread-and-butter pudding.

Burnt orange and chocolate bread-and-butter pudding recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Chocolate whoopie pies with salted caramel.

Chocolate whoopie pies with salted caramel and cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Kate Gibbs
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Chocolate,licorice and caramel cake.

Chocolate licorice loaf cake with choc-licorice crumb and caramel

  • Katrina Meynink
Feel free to use any fruit in this dessert. Pouring cream to serve,however,is non-negotiable.

Helen Goh's apple and blackberry slump

  • Helen Goh
Individual marmalade and whisky puddings.

Buttermilk puddings with whisky and marmalade

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Sweet and creamy corn puree with sticky teriyaki-glazed eggplant.

Teriyaki-glazed eggplant with creamed corn and cucumber and wakame salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Mark Robertson andDarren LaBrooy
Southern fried chicken with corn.

Fried buttermilk chicken and corn

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Move over green eggs and ham,hello green mash and egg.
EASY

Ocean trout with green mash,peas and a fried egg recipe

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's cos lettuce with parmesan dressing.
EASY

Simple salad recipe:Cos lettuce with parmesan dressing

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Chocolate and carrot torte with muscovado cream

Chocolate and carrot torte with muscovado cream

  • 1-2 hrs
Roasted pecan,pumpernickel and date soda bread

Roasted pecan,pumpernickel and date soda bread

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Belinda Jeffery