Does anyone make soya milk?

Zero

rachelleblondel wrote: »

Hard to say how much as it depends on the size of cup you use for the water & I never measure it but probably bout a litre. ( might be a bit less)

Our local co-op is an organic nursery that runs the veg box scheme & they also have a little shop where they sell f&v and sundries so I have a suma catalogue book & I do a weekly order from them.

5kg of organic soya beans works out at about £5.63

So if you got 5ltrs per kg it would work out at 22p per litre if you didn't sweeten it.

Thanks for that. That's a lot cheaper than purchasing it from the supermarket.

Zero

Pandora123 wrote: »

Some commercial soya milks are fortified with calcium, but homemade soya milk isn't high in calcium unless you add it.

Thanks Pandora, I didn't know that. I wonder how someone would go about adding their own calcium to it, or where to purchase the calcium? :huh:

Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at those now.

Pandora123_2

I don't fortify our homemade soymilk, but we take a powdered calcium supplement. I tried adding the powdered calcium to soya milk once, but it doesn't dissolve very well. I think you can purchase liquid calcium (maybe from a chemist?), but not sure how much it costs.

:A

Zero

thanks for that Pandora

Seakay

One more recipe - sorry to mix Imperial and metric but I'm still working on this!

Soak 6 oz soyal beans in 2 pints water for 12-24 hours. (In fridge in summer to prevent fermentation)
Strain off soaking water and measure it. Rinse beans. Replace strained off water with the same amount of fresh.
Blitz beans and water in liquidiser.
Pour into pan with 2 more pints of water, bring to the boil then simmer 15 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
Strain into a bowl through a cheesecloth or jcloth lined colander. When cooler gather up the cloth into a dolly bag shape and squeeze out thoroughly.
Stir in 1 dessertspoon of honey.
Makes 4 500ml potsful.
Can be frozen (don't worry, it goes brownish when frozen but retyurns to creamy colour when defrosted).
Give a little stir or shake before using.


The remaining ground soya can be spread over a baking tray and toasted for aprox 20 minutes on Regulo 4 - add to homemade granola recipes.
Alternatively the residue (called okara) can be used in any recipe for soya bean loaf or burgers - start from after beans are cooked and mashed.
It can be frozen if you don't want to use it straight away.

Zero

Thanks Seakay

I'll definitely have to try this out!

May I ask where you purchase your soya beans?

Zero

rachelleblondel wrote: »

5kg of organic soya beans works out at about £5.63

I've just located these which are £38.88 for 25kg + P&P of (I think) £5.95. Which including the P&P works out at £8.96 per 5kg

http://www.greenol.co.uk/bulkproducts.php?P2150

Not quite as good as the Co-operative you purchase from Rachelle. I'm not sure if there are Co-operatives nearby me...

maryb

http://mrsl.forumsplace.com/message3039.html

A masterclass with pictures. She has another masterclass thread for tofu

hope this helps

Zero

Thanks for that maryb. That's a great help! I haven't heard of that forum before. Looks interesting

Seakay

Zero wrote: »

Thanks Seakay

I'll definitely have to try this out!

May I ask where you purchase your soya beans?

I was
buying organic soya beans from a local healthfood shop, but I am lucky enough to live down the road from a group of people who have opene a radical social centre, and one night a week they sell organic goods at cost if you take your own containers, so my beans now cost 80p a kilo.
Obviously, this is useless unless you live in Cardiff, but most healthfood shops will sell them, and they do go a long way

(6oz beans makes 2 litres of soya milk and 8oz okara)

Tesco sell 500g of non organic beans for 72p http://www.tesco.com/superstore/frames/default.asp?buttons=&url=/superstore/frames/main.asp

The cheapest soya milk which I have found is Tesco Value, which happens to be organic and calcium enriched
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Tesco_Value_Soya_Milk__Review_5689728
Just in case you need something to keep you going until you find your bean supply!