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How to make yoghurt at home?
Louisa_2
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Am I right in thinking this can be done? I'm sure I've read about it somewhere but can't remember where and internet searches not coming up with much.
We eat stacks of natural organic yoghurt and it must be so much cheaper to start off your own batch and keep making it from milk. (Cheapest locally is £1.40 for a litre of yogurt.) And adding your own fruit etc means you can get the flavours you actually want! (current favourite is cinnamon yum)
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
We eat stacks of natural organic yoghurt and it must be so much cheaper to start off your own batch and keep making it from milk. (Cheapest locally is £1.40 for a litre of yogurt.) And adding your own fruit etc means you can get the flavours you actually want! (current favourite is cinnamon yum)
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
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I use THIS SYSTEM which gets good results. It is a bit pricey though.
My Grandad used to make his own though by (As far as I can remember) Heating up milk in a saucepan to boiling point. letting it cool to about 35 degrees C and adding a tablespoon of LIVE yogurt. He then put it into pots or jars and left it in the airing cupboard for 10-16 hours. You can add sugar to the mix if you're not fond of the tart taste of real yogurt (I love it).
To thicken it up more, he used to mix some powdered milk with the real milk before heating it up. He got results that wouldn't fall out of the jars!
He could use the resulting yogurt to start off his next culture when he started again. There was always some on the go! He needed fresh bought live yougurt about every 6 goes, due to his culture becoming exhausted.
He was a great experimenter was my Grandad!
This is only from my memory, and it was 30 years ago. I've never tried it, I'd be too scared of what Mrs T.S. would say if I mucked up our airing cupboard
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There have been a lot of posts about yogurt making, it's getting very popular
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=42804&highlight=yogurt
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http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=67691&highlight=yogurt
most of what you need to know will be in there, if not come back with more questions!0 -
Louisa - it was apprentice tycoon who got me up and running with making home-made yoghurt. The taste is wonderful and I make several batches a week ... it is the 'new cream' in this household!Enjoying an MSE OS life
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I got the yoghurt maker from lakeland and I'm very happy with it. Its about £20.0
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You can do it in an ordinary flask re. the grandad way mentioned above.That way you dont need to put it in the airing cupboard.If it tastes too sour,you are leaving it too long.0
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I've got the EasiYo, but I'm having trouble making yoghurt without using their mixture - at £2 per sachet it's not cheap for teh amount I eat!
Anyone got tips particularly for this type of yoghurt maker?0 -
oops, scrap that, just found an old thread explaining it. Just to make sure, you use a litre of UHT milk, a couple of teaspoons of stater (i.e. some yoghurt kept back from the last batch) and possibly a few tablespoons of dried milk powder.
Am I right?0 -
Yes, that's right, I have never used an easiyo system so I don't know what your heating arrangements are but the recipe is just as you say (I think that you need no more that 2 tabs of milk powder though)0
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Hi, I'm wondering how easy it is to make home made yogurt, but without a machine, or that 'easy yo' (or whatever the exact name is!)
We love yogurt in our house, my aunt has always made it - but in a yogurt maker, and I'm wondering if I can do it too.
Does anyone have any pointers, or advice? Muchly appreciated, FF "A simple life freely chosen is a source of strength. Do not be pursuaded into buying what you do not need or cannot afford." Quaker Faith & Practice 1.02.410 -
Frugal Fox - this thread describes various methods of making yoghurt
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=149126&highlight=yoghurt
I think there are one or two other threads too. I started by using the flask method, but it was a bit hit and miss in my case. I was lucky and found a yoghurt maker on a car boot sale so I always make it in that now.Enjoying an MSE OS life0
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