Try this peppercorn-infused Buttermilk Dressing with Herbs and Green Peppercorns recipe as a dressing for your next salad.
Buttermilk Dressing with Herbs and Green Peppercorns Recipe
This tangy dressing goes well with all kinds of salad greens and is especially good with cucumbers and summer-ripe tomatoes. Pour it over
steamed and sliced new potatoes for a delicious warm potato salad. Coarsely crack the peppercorns in a mortar and pestle or use the flat side
of a chef’s knife to crack them on a cutting board. The dressing will keep, in a tightly covered jar, in the refrigerator for about a
week.
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons garlic chives, snipped
• 1 teaspoon fresh minced tarragon
• 2 teaspoons coarsely ground green peppercorns
• About 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
1. Whisk the buttermilk, olive oil, lemon juice, and mayonnaise in a small bowl until it is smooth and well blended.
2. Blend in the remaining ingredients.
3. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Correct seasoning and allow to come to cool room
temperature before serving. Makes about 1 1/2 cups dressing.
Susan Belsinger and Carolyn Dille, respectively from Brookeville, Maryland, and San Jose, California, are innovative food developers
and coauthors of such jewels as Herbs in the Kitchen (Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 1992) and the spicy New Southwestern
Cooking (New York: Macmillan, 1985).
For a history of the peppercorn spice and more peppercorn recipes read: Versatile World Spices: Cooking With Peppercorns.