This Easy 4 Ingredient Strawberry Buttermilk Gelato tastes like summer in a bowl. It is bursting with strawberry flavor and the buttermilk gives it the creaminess of ice cream with fewer calories! Frozen strawberry desserts are the best!
Why Use Buttermilk?
Did you watch anyone eat cornbread in a bowl of buttermilk? I did and thought it looked like the most disgusting thing ever! I still don’t think it sounds good, however I have discovered that buttermilk has some amazing uses.
By using buttermilk in this frozen strawberry dessert instead of milk, you save calories as well as get the benefits of it being fermented. It makes this gelato so rich and creamy and gives it almost a cheesecake like flavor – amazing!
Another great use for buttermilk is tenderizing and flavoring, like this Oven Braised Buttermilk Chicken. That gorgeous color on the chicken comes from the buttermilk and the flavor is out of this world.
I still could never eat buttermilk with cornbread (shudder) but I will definitely sing it’s praises in frozen desserts and marinades!
How to Make this Strawberry Gelato
- Make a simple syrup by heating equal parts water and sugar in a small saucepan, stirring until the sugar dissolves. If you make any of my cocktails regularly, you probably already have some in your fridge! Allow the simple syrup to cool completely.
- Place simple syrup, buttermilk and strawberries into your favorite blender. Process until smooth.
- Pour the ingredients into your favorite ice cream maker and freeze according to the instructions.
- When the mixture is frozen, scoop into a container and store in the freezer.
Variations:
If you want it less sweet, use less sugar in the simple syrup, but keep the same amount of water.
Add some mini chocolate chips when the gelato is almost ready to come out of the ice cream maker to make a chocolate chip strawberry gelato!
The Best Strawberry Gelato!
How easy was that! What’s even better besides this being so easy, is that it is so delicious! It’s rich and creamy with loads of strawberry flavor! Just look at that gorgeous pink color!
No one will ever guess that this is made with buttermilk. They’ll think it’s made from cream and egg yolks! Only you know that it has less calories and gives you a good probiotic boost!
Looking for Strawberry Frozen Dessert Recipes
Strawberry Pineapple Yogurt Popsicles
Strawberry Sour Cream Ice Cream
Strawberry Amaretto Frozen Yogurt
If you want even more strawberry recipes, be sure and follow my Strawberry Recipes Pinterest Board.
Strawberry Buttermilk Gelato
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups strawberries hulled and quartered
- 1 cup low fat buttermilk
Instructions
- Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool completely.
- Place strawberries, water mixture and buttermilk into a blender and process until smooth.
- Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions.
I love gelato – usually hazelnut or coffee flavoured. Buttermilk is a terrific substitute.
oh this sounds sooo good! I’ll be featuring you this week as part of Thursday Favorite Things! Thanks for joining us! Angelina @ Petite Haus
Thanks so much for the feature!
That looks amazing! Perfect summer dessert!!
Yes it is!
This just looks delightful! I will be trying soon!
And it’s a Cooking Light Recipe! Fabulous!
That looks so delicious!
Looks so refreshing! I love that it’s made with buttermilk.
I could have used this recipe 2 weeks ago when we had a huge crop of strawberries 🙂
Yum! This looks amazing!
~Samantha
http://goldcoastgirlblog.com
Wow! I wish I could eat dairy products! This looks like an incredible recipe, and I’m going to have share it with my mother so she can make it, haha. Amazing job as always Pam!
Yum! I had no idea gelato could be so simple to make!
Oh, this gelato looks amazing! I love the use of buttermilk in it to make it sweet and tangy.
Yum, I bet the buttermilk give this gelato a great tartness.
Exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiited to do this! We are going some some crazy heat wave right now, so I will be digging into this for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
This looks so pretty and so summery! I love it, can’t wait to try it, we absolutely adore gelato.
I love gelato, but it is difficult to find a shop that makes it in my small town in S.C. so, I have to make it myself when I get a craving. I appreciate all of the recipes I can get my hands on. Check out this “cool” article about gelato at http://www.foodista.com
Alicia – I love my ice cream attachment!
Do you like your KitchenAid attachment for ice cream? I’ve thought about getting one.
School’s out ….yayyyyy
(Here not until the end of July)
Love the gelato. I haven’t had strawberry ice cream/gelato in ages and I love it!
Looks beautiful and I’m jealous of the summer hours!
For what its worth, I think this qualifies as a gelato. I’m murky on the subject, too, but generally, I find gelatos to be lower in fat than “regular” ice cream, usually forgoing things like eggs and a ton of heavy cream. In the end though, it all tastes delicious, so whatever name it goes by, who cares!
That looks good! Great colour. I like the use of buttermilk.
Be still my heart.
Pam, the colour is so vibrant…and “au naturelle”.