Buttermilk Recipes

Clearly a versatile ingredient, buttermilk works wonderfully in all of these recipes, including a buttermilk-roasted chicken with date butter, nectarine-buttermilk pops and whole-wheat buttermilk biscuits.

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Nectarine-Buttermilk Pops

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Refreshing and delicious, these nectarine-buttermilk pops are all you need during hot summer months.

Raspberry, Lime and Toasted Coconut Pops

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Juicy Buttermilk Pork Chops

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"Berkshire pigs have the most wonderful flavor of all the pork I've ever tried," says Maria Hines of Tilth in Seattle. She buys her excellent, pasture-raised Berkshire pork from Skagit River Ranch in Sedro Woolley, Washington.

Pork Chops with Roasted Parsnips, Pears and Potatoes

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Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears

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"We get these crazy organic pears that are ugly as sin," says Tory Miller of the Moon-glow variety he uses throughout the cold winter months. Peeling them, though, reveals a fruit so beautiful and juicy that he prefers a minimalist approach, either serving them raw or poaching them in wine, such as the Riesling he uses here.

Buttermilk Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

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Buttermilk Pancakes with Masa Harina

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"These are the best pancakes you will ever have," Alex Stupak says. They're light, fluffy and full of corn flavor from the masa harina (corn flour). The recipe is from his wife, Lauren Resler, the pastry chef at the Empellon restaurants.