Making your
own yoghurt is actually
easy to do. And the amazing thing is
that it turned out better in texture than the expensive organic pure yoghurt I
used as a starter!
My yoghurt in the pic at the top is flavoured with
dots of maple syrup (meant them to be swirls but my hand wasn't steady enough)
and pomegranate seeds. Of course, you
can use any flavour you like.
So how did I do it?
First I bought a pint of good quality full fat milk (don't use trim it
won't work) and a small pottle of the best natural no added sugar plain yoghurt
I could find.
You heat up your milk (I used 400mls) to just on
boiling, turn the heat off and leave it to sit until it is between 45 and 50
degrees Celsius. This only took 5
minutes.
Then whisk in your yoghurt starter – I used 3
dessertspoonfuls.
I poured it into a container, covered it with
clingfilm and wrapped it in a clean tea towel.
Then into the hot water cupboard overnight and you wake up the next
morning to your very own yoghurt!
To make
some more after that you just keep a few spoonfuls of your yoghurt to add to
the next lot of milk.
Hmmm I would have never thought of making my own yogurt! This has inspired me!
ReplyDeleteI might just try this over the holidays! - Thanks