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Date-Sweetened Thick Buttermilk Lassi

A thick, velvety sweet lassi with caramel-like date sweetness, a bright buttermilk tang and a faint warm hint of nutmeg.

Date-Sweetened Thick Buttermilk Lassi

Ingredients

  • 2 dates48 gMedjool dates, pittedroughly chopped
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gButtermilk, low-fatcold
  • 1 cup260 gPlain yogurt, low-fatchilled
  • 4 oz120 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfatchilled
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gGround nutmega small pinch, divided

Steps

  1. Chill two glasses in the fridge or freezer.
  2. Put the chopped dates and the cold buttermilk in the blender jar and let them soak for 10 minutes to soften the dates.
  3. Blend the dates and buttermilk on high for about 30 seconds, until the dates are completely smooth.
  4. Add the plain yogurt and Greek yogurt to the blender and blend for 20 to 30 seconds more, until thick, smooth and lightly frothy.
  5. Pour the lassi into the chilled glasses, over ice if you like.
  6. Dust each glass with half of the nutmeg and serve cold.

Contains: Milk.

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