How To Make Homemade Buttermilk

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How To Make Homemade Buttermilk

Many recipes call for buttermilk, but who needs a whole jug? If you've ever wondered how to make buttermilk, try this recipe. PIck your favorite ingredient, lemon juice, vinegar or cream of tartar to plus milk to make this quick substitute ingredient.

Course ingredient

Cuisine ingredient

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 0

rest time 5

Total Time 10

Servings cup

Calories 166kcal

Author Jere' Cassidy

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1¾ teaspoons cream of tartar

Instructions

How To Make Buttermilk with Lemon Juice Or Vinegar

Pour one cup of milk into a measuring cup. Add either the lemon juice or vinegar and mix well. Let this sit for 5 minutes.

How To Make Buttermilk with Cream of Tatar

Add the cream of tartar to a 1-cup measuring cup. Add a small amount of milk and whisk the mixture until smooth. Add the remainder of the milk and whisk again until smooth. Let this mixture sit for 5 minutes.

Notes

Buttermilk Notes:

Expect the milk to look curdled.

Lemon juice and vinegar curdle milk because they are acidic. When you mix them with milk, the acid clumps the milk proteins into curds.

The cream of tartar does not make the milk curdle and, it will not thicken it, but it will have an acidic taste.

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