4 easy options for making your own buttermilk at home! Using milk and either lemon juice, white vinegar, yoghurt or cream of tartar, it only takes 5 minutes!
1cupwhole milk(less if you are making it with yoghurt)
And one of the following
1tablespoonlemon juice
1tablespoonwhite vinegar
⅔cup plain yoghurt (or ½ cup Greek yoghurt)
1 ¾teaspooncream of tartar
Instructions
Each option will give you 1 cup of buttermilk
Milk + lemon juice
Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to a 1 cup measure. Top it up with milk, stir, and let sit for 5-10 minutes. It will start to curdle - that is what you want!
Milk + white vinegar
Same as with lemon juice. Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to a 1 cup measure. Top it up with milk, stir, and let sit for 5-10 minutes.
Milk + yoghurt
Plain yoghurt - Mix ⅔ cup plain yoghurt with ⅓ cup milk, stir and use.Greek yoghurt - Mix ½ cup Greek yoghurt with ½ cup milk, stir and use.
Milk + cream of tartar
Add 1 ¾ teaspoons cream of tartar to a 1 cup measure. Add about a tablespoon of milk and mix together so that there are no lumps left. Add the rest of the milk, up to the top, stir and let sit for 5-10 minutes.