Buttermilk Green Goddess Dressing

Name: Buttermilk Green Goddess Dressing
Yield: makes about 1 cup
Ingredients: 1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk; 1/4 cup your favorite or Homemade Mayonnaise (page 280); 1 small Kirby cucumber, peeled and chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; Juice of 1/2 lime; 4 or 5 fresh basil or celery leaves; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

December 14, 2011

A classic of the West Coast, this dressing was created in the 1920s by San Francisco’s Palace Hotel in honor of a play by the same name. With buttermilk standing in for sour cream, my “Southern” version is light, tangy, and chock-full of green herbs. It’s the quintessential spring and summer dressing, and because it’s all about using the freshest herbs—whether dill, chervil, sorrel, or cilantro—I almost never make it the same way twice.

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