[I]’d easily enjoy a daily diet of milkshakes and french fries. Steady. I’d never flinch. It would be a dream.
In related news, I just spent the last six minutes browsing milk shake machines on Amazon.
Milkshake diet aside, I’m currently content with my fresh peaches, yogurt, and blender. It’s the reasonable alternative to milkshakes day and night.
This lassi is packed with healthful yogurt, fresh summer peaches, tangy buttermilk, and peach pie spice. The fact that it’s flecked with peach skin feels like a bonus. It’s summery, healthy, chilled, and supremely refreshing.
I hope it makes you happy. Also, I’d totally want cheese on my fries.
Ripe peaches! We’re getting’ while the gettin’ is good.
For this lassi we combine fresh peaches, lightly sweetened peach yogurt, sweet peach preserves, and tangy thick buttermilk.
My grandfather used to drink buttermilk by the glass. I always found it perplexing, but considering he lived to be nearly 100, I’d say he was on to something.
I prefer my buttermilk blended with peaches and jam.
As long as we’re blending peaches, we might as well add some spice! A few good pinches of ground cinnamon and freshly grated nutmeg make this lassi taste peach pie-ish. We’re full of great ideas.
Blended until smooth and creamy, garnished with fragrant nutmeg and fresh peach slices.
It’s where smoothie meets milkshake. Creamy, spiced, and brimming with summer-y peach flavors. I also think fresh strawberries would make for a happy lassi. Pineapple, too? I mean… go for it!
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Peach and Buttermilk Lassi
- Prep Time: 10
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 2 ripe peaches, unpeeled, pitted, and sliced into wedges
- 1 cup peach yogurt, chilled
- 1 cup buttermilk, chilled
- 3 tablespoons peach jam
- pinch of salt
- big pinch of ground cinnamon
- big pinch of freshly grated nutmeg, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- In a blender combine most of the peach slices (reserve a few for garnish if you’d like), yogurt, buttermilk, peach jam, salt and spices.
- Blend on high until smooth. Divide between two small glasses and enjoy immediately.
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Fresh peaches are in season and I have a few sitting here waiting for a purpose. I also have buttermilk and have used it in Deb Perelman’s strawberry milk, so your recipe seemed like a fantastic idea. And it was! I didn’t have peach preserves, but did have sweet orange preserves languishing, and they worked well. I added 2 ice cubes to keep it cool and enjoyed it on a Sunday afternoon. I would definitely make this again.
This lassi makes an Indian girl very very happy!
This sound so good! I need to try this ASAP!
I will definitely try this lassie… think my daughter in law would enjoy this as well… love my shakes with yogurt and milk… now I know what they are called….LOL learn something new everyday… Thx
I loved the sound of this! I was just thinking about what to do with my leftover buttermilk! I went into the kitchen to find that my peaches weren’t ripe yet and the peach jam was gone, so I remixed the recipe a bit and it was amazing! I subbed peaches for blueberries, peach yogurt for Greek yogurt, peach jake for raspberry jam and I left out the spices. Moral of the story is that this is an amazing, adaptable recipe! I can’t wait to try it when the peaches are ripe :-).
looks delish :p
Wow this looks amazing. I just bought a big box of peaches from Costco–cannot wait to try this out. Thanks for sharing!
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Yum!! This was delicious!! I even forgot the preserves (oops) and only had vanilla yogurt on hand and it was still really great. I also threw in a few ice cubes because we’re trying to beat the heat here. Thanks for a wonderful and unique recipe!
I used to think buttermilk was gross, but I actually started liking it from all the baking. Whenever I’d take one too many licks of frosting or cookie dough, the buttermilk kept me from falling into a sugar coma. From a taste perspective, anyway.
According to my dad, my grandpa used to drink buttermilk straight up with salt and pepper. Oh, I cringe at the thought! Recipe looks good, I love how much peach is in it- fresh peaches, peach jam, and peach yoghurt!
Going to the market today to scout some delicious Georgia peaches for this lassi. I can’t wait to come home and try this! Also, bless you for your usage of the word “healthful.” It makes this editor very happy :)
Yogurt pops for.breakfast. never thought about that.
Umm… this sounds absolutely amazing!! Stone fruits like peaches and nectarines are my favorite, hands down, and I love summer so much because of them. (Question — would they be as good if they were available year round? Or is it the anticipation, partly, too?)
PS: Your blog header is my favorite I’ve ever seen. It’s so gorgeous and eye-catching!
Oh my, somebody get me a straw!……or like 3! You know, cause then I can drink more at once of these delicious lassies!
I’m confused by your recent peach recipes. The photos seem to suggest you’re using nectarines (smooth skin) vs peaches (fuzzy skin). I know they’re pretty interchangeable, but the photos are misleading.
Regardless, it won’t be peach season here until at least late July, so I will have to save these for a few more months.
Surely this would be a good time to throw in some homemade pie crust pieces…
Why is it called a “Lassi “? I make “smoothies” –daily–I haven’t heard of a Lassi before. But, I am going to try this with our homegrown apricots…since they’re ripe now and our peaches aren’t. Thanks for the recipe.
Lassi is a yogurt-based drink (sweet or savory) from India: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassi
Sally Lassi is an Indian drink made tradionaly with curd or yogurt blended with sugar for making sweet lassi or with salt and topped with roasted ground cumin for making salty lassi.This recipe takes forward the tradional one.In India it is very very famous drink sp in north india in summers.
oh gosh, bacon cheese fries…and the fries should be extra crispy (or twice fried) …the lassi sounds refreshing!
This lassi makes an Indian girl very very happy!
I regularly make Mango lassis for breakfast. MUST try this!
YUM!! This looks fantastic! I love the idea of adding the peach pie spice! Definitely trying this!
My grandfather was a buttermilk drinker too! I’d love to split a pair of these peach beauties with him. (I’d also love to combine them with a basket of French fries. It nets out, right?)
Such a delicious treat, joy! I love this flavour!
You come up with the best ideas and recipes-this sounds amazing! I’m actually not the biggest fan of milkshakes but since this is fruity and peachy, I think I’ll love it :)
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Can you get Reston peaches in New Orleans? When we lived in Baton Rouge we got them and they were fabulous. (Also delicious, but not quite as local to you: peaches from Chilton County, Alabama).
This looks yummy and I’m tempted to try it in popsicle form. Because breakfast popsicles are a thing in our house now.
This looks absolutely delicious!