easiyo yogurt maker any good? or make your own? (merged)

jasmin10

Thanks folks, already done this weeks shop so trying to avoid the sm. never mind, will get my usual yeo valley one next time.

sabulous

Hi,
I tried making yoghurt for the first time today. I used semi skimmed UHT, milk powder and greek yoghurt in a thermos/flask thing. After about 6 hours it had a lovely taste and was thick but it had a kind of slimy consistency. I didn't want it too sour, which is why I didn't leave it longer.
Does anyone know why this happened?
I've been trying to read through this thread but there is just too much!

I don't mind the texture as it kind of reminded me of a type of fil (långfil) from back home in Sweden.

katy_ann

My friend has an easyio maker but Ive never tasted it, Im so funny with things like this, does it taste like "normal" yohurt?

Taz78

Hi There,
I have trawed the net and came acroos some very helpful info here. Some posters have mentioned UHT milk. In Ireland I cannot find this anywhere! Tried Dunnes, Tesco Lidl and Aldi. By UHT milk do you mean actually Soya milk as in not dairy Milk?
I bought the Rachel Allen Yogurt Maker from a Voucher deal and had no idea I neede to cook milk to some temp etc etc. I saw youtube vids and they showed pourin milk into a bowl, adding some Natural Yogurt from a tub and something else then straight in the machine. No cooking!

Please can someone please tell me if:
-I use Soya milk or somethin so I don't have to precook it and more or less put in the Rachel Allen yogurt maker?,

-Is a starter a tub of yogurt already made eg a tub of shop natural yogurt?

-is Dried milk evaporated milk or codensed milk?

I'm a first timer in all things yogurt or making things from near scratch to be honest but im trying!!!:)

Ilona

I did a blog post once about making yogurt. It's dead easy, don't need any gadgets, or fancy ingredients, you can make it in a slow cooker.
http://meanqueen-lifeaftermoney.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/home-made-yogurt-anyone.html

Ilona

Taz78

Ilona wrote: »

I did a blog post once about making yogurt. It's dead easy, don't need any gadgets, or fancy ingredients, you can make it in a slow cooker.

Ilona

Thank you for your reply and your link! I checked it out but I don't have or know what a slow cooker is! I do have the Rachel Allen Yogurt maker. You mentioned UHT but is this also called Soya milk? i really want to make use of my new gadget but seriously don''t want to be trying to do this "cooking milk till 83 degrees then down to 43 degrees but no lower" as on intructions melarcy!:p

Ilona

Hello Taz. A slow cooker is usually used for cooking a whole meal such as a casserole. It has a metal pan which you plug into the wall and inside is a ceramic bowl. You lay the ingredients inside and it cooks a meal while you are out at work which is ready to eat when you get home. You can pick up a cheap slow cooker at a car boot sale or charity shop. Sorry I don't know what a Rachell Allen yogurt maker is.

UHT is not soya milk, it is ordinary milk which has been through several heat processes which kills off bacteria which allows the milk to be stored store a lot longer. I personally don't like the taste of UHT milk.

I tried making yogurt with soya milk, it didn't set like a normal yogurt and had a funny taste, not to my liking.

I wouldn't worry too much about exact temperatures, I don't have a thermometer I use my intuition. As long as it's near enough it should work.
Ilona

rojanich

Taz78 wrote: »

Thank you for your reply and your link! I checked it out but I don't have or know what a slow cooker is! I do have the Rachel Allen Yogurt maker. You mentioned UHT but is this also called Soya milk? i really want to make use of my new gadget but seriously don''t want to be trying to do this "cooking milk till 83 degrees then down to 43 degrees but no lower" as on intructions melarcy!:p

Taz, UHT is often known as Long Life Milk and comes in tetrapak cartons usually near the powdered milk. Hope this helps.
I'd give it a try with a couple of tablespoons of 'live' yoghurt as a starter and the milk at room temperature. Mix well (with a couple of tablespoons of powdered milk added for a thicker yoghurt) and put in your RA Yogurt maker for about 8 hours. Not much to lose if it doesn't work. There's a lot of mumbo jumbo talked about making yoghurt - I don't think the first people to make it used all this gadgetry ! :rotfl:

houseiseverything

Does anyone know if it works out cheaper to use easiyo yoghurt? Is it any good? It seems to me that it will take a while to recoup the initial outlay, but I could be wrong! Thanks.

ariba10

We have one but do not use the packets.

We buy a large pot of Live Culture plain yogurt and freeze it in an Ice cube tray.

We then use skimmed or semi skimmed milk with one or two of the frozen cubes of yogurt.

Works for us.