Classic Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Ingredients

• 125 millilitre buttermilk
• 125 gram whole-egg mayonnaise
• 60 gram sour cream
• 2 tablespoon chives
• 2 tablespoon flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon dill
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 piece lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Instructions

1. 1Finely chop the chives, parsley and dill.
2. 2Crush the garlic clove to a paste with the salt using the flat of your knife.
3. 3Whisk the mayonnaise, sour cream and buttermilk in a bowl until completely smooth.
4. 4Stir through the herbs, garlic paste, onion powder, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and the pepper.
5. 5Taste and adjust with more lemon juice or salt — it should taste slightly too zingy on its own, because the salad will mellow it.
6. 6Chill for 30 minutes so the herbs flavour the base. Keep in a screw-top jar in the fridge for up to 5 days.