Homemade yogurt: you'll never turn back!

Fresh absolutely homemade yogurt!

Success! A lil too liquid for me (I am turning it into greek yogurt certainly) but delicious!

I just had my first treat, two teaspoons of marron\chestnut spread vainille\vanilla flavor and 4 teaspoons of my fresh homemade yogurt: HEAVEN!

I followed these couple of instructions along with my friend Carolyn:

1L milk+ 4tbsp store bought yogurt (freshest date has more live cultures)
2L milk+ 4 tbsp etc and so on and so on depending on how much you want to make!

Heat up the milk in a sauce pan or large pot. Once starting to see the bubbles on the sides, turn the stove off and let the milk temperature drop to about lukewarm. Then in a small bowl add the tablespoons of the pre-made yogurt and a couple of tablespoons of the lukewarm milk. Make sure about the temperature: max 110 C. I spoon fed the yogurt mix to the pots of milk. Once well mixed, the mixture was added to the glassware (it can be ceramic, nothing that melts in microwaves or ovens for example!)
The oven was turned on by the time the milk boiled and pre-heated at 110 C with an on-the-spot bain marie in order to maintain the temperature after the oven gets turned off (this is not necessary, I did it so my friend could turn it off when she left and kept the temperature going). By the time the milk stopped boiling, the oven was perfect. The warm mixture was poured into glass jars and added to the bain marie. The yogurt is to be kept in that warm state for about a preferable 7-9 hours, but you can take it out as early as 5 hours. The more time you let them ferment, the more sour the yogurt becomes. I transported mine from my friend's house with the empty bottles of milk full of hot water, and I made a heated pack out of my small suitcase...I am so glad I had lids though! They survived perfectly: at home, I put them in another bain marie with warmer water which boosted the amount of whey coming out of the mixture. Hot water is just such a great heater =).

By the time I had to leave it was clearly yogurt, and when I added them to the fridge, even more so! I am going to strain some tomorrow =) The yogurt had a perfect drinkable consistency =).


Redacciones Lorena:
Add vanilla beans to the milk in the process of boiling the milk
Make a large pot in order to make different things:
fresh yogurt for smoothies
strain it and turn into greek yogurt: great for tzatziki\caciki\sandwiches instead of MAYO!offender!\tuna:chicken:egg salad, nachos, on chili, on red sauce, dollop on baked potatoes, add to mashed potatoes and fresh garlic in chives, cauliflower, dips, desserts like strawberries and cream =)
Eat with muesli, cereal instead of milk!

This is great for your body! Of course in moderation =)

Possibilities, endless talk to me about yours!


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Lolo