Cooks' Question

I can't buy buttermilk in Spain and it appears very frequently in your recipes. Would yogurt and skimmed milk be a substitute?

Response

You could try making your own by adding 1 tablespoon lemon juice to 8 fl oz skimmed milk. Leave to sour for 10 minutes before using. Alternatively you could try the following:

• Use the equivalent amount of runny natural yoghurt
• Use ¼ skimmed milk to ¾ natural yoghurt, mixed
• Soured cream

Please bear in mind that we have not tested any of these substitutions in Delia's recipes though.

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