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

csarina

I have a yogurt maker I bought from Lakeland some years ago, it makes great yogurt..........1litre UHT milk 2ozs dried milk powder and 2 tablespoons of Tesco Value natural yogurt..........plug it in and leave it for 8 hours, it only uses a tiny bit of electricity. Then strain the yogurt through a sieve lined with muslin, it makes a yogurt similar to greek yogurt, you can add nuts, honey, fruit puree just what you like. I use the whey that drains off to make scones.........delicious...............persevere, home made yogurt is lovely and so cheap. I save a couple of tablespoons to start off the next lot, for a couple of times, then buy a natural yogurt and start again.

sussexprincess

Hi there everyone! I have just found this forum and I am in the process of buying an easiyo yogurt maker. I was very interested to read that you can make lovely yogurt without buying the expensive easiyo sachets! Can someone please tell me if it will work using UHT "Skimmed" milk?

Many thanks
Paula

Yategirl

Yes it will! You need 1 litre of uht milk (any type), 2tblsp of a starter yoghurt and (optional) 2 tblsp dried milk powder. When you buy a 42p starter (natural live yoghurt) put 2 tblsp in your easiyo pot and freeze the rest in 2 tbslp portions (you should get 2) so you have 2 future starters. Then to your pot add your milk and your milk powder if using. Put hot water in the flask up to the top of the baffle and put the yoghurt pot in and seal. I find you need to leave it for 8-12 hours to get a nice thick yoghurt.

Skimmed milk will give a runnier milk than semi then whole iyswim? Also, save 2tblsp of the yoghurt batch and use it to start the next batch and so on. You will eventually have to use a fresh starter (one of the 2tblsp batches you froze earlier).

hth? YG

purpleivy

Yes, but obviously it comes out more like fat free yoghurt. My family prefer the semi and then I strain so it is thicker/richer too.

I read in this thread that over dosing the milk with starter can cause problems in yogging? Can anyone shed any light on this for me. I wonder if that is why mine isn't as good as I'd like. My friend always reckoned that you need to leave the maker longer than it said. I tend to put mine on in the morning and leave till evening.

Does it make a difference if you strain while it is still warm or left to go cold?

Yategirl

PI - can you tell us step by step how you make your yoghurt? might help us see what the problem is?

I find temperature is a big problem - I always make my yog the same way and in the cooler/cold months I never have a problem but in the summer months especially when the weather is hot.. my yoghurt seems to seperate out.

Can't help on the straining I'm afraid..

I prefer whole milk yoghurt to eat as it is thicker but skimmed makes a good drinking yoghurt which my young ds's like!

sussexprincess

Hi Yategirl Thanks for that.......But I do want to make "Thick yogurt" NOT DRINKING YOGURT! So will it still be ok for me to use UHT Skimmed milk? I have to use skimmed milk as I am trying to lose weight and cant have any other
Many thanks

Yategirl

well... you'd need to strain yoghurt made with skimmed milk to remove some of the liquid/whey to make it thicker but how thick it will get I can't say as I haven't tried it. We had skimmed milk yoghurt this morning, both dh and I ate it with a spoon rather than drink it and it was fine...

maybe try it and see?

scrimpingbadger

I've been through the old threads but there was such a lot there and all 'orribly confusing for a poor tired old badger like me......

Right: I've been to Lakeland (dangerous..... I could spend a lot there) as I had a £10 voucher to spend from them (I passed on my ma's details so they could bombard her with catalogues....I did ask her first, honest) and easiyos are on sale for £9.33. I read people raving on about them and I have a little yoghurt addict in the house so I went for it.

I know the quantities to use of UHT milk, milk powder and live starter but my question is: do I have to heat the milk at all or sling it in at room temp?

skystar

scrimpingbadger wrote: »

I've been through the old threads but there was such a lot there and all 'orribly confusing for a poor tired old badger like me......

Right: I've been to Lakeland (dangerous..... I could spend a lot there) as I had a £10 voucher to spend from them (I passed on my ma's details so they could bombard her with catalogues....I did ask her first, honest) and easiyos are on sale for £9.33. I read people raving on about them and I have a little yoghurt addict in the house so I went for it.

I know the quantities to use of UHT milk, milk powder and live starter but my question is: do I have to heat the milk at all or sling it in at room temp?

I have the easiyo and I just sling the UHT milk straight from the carton. I think because it is UHT that's why it doesn't need heated

Penelope_Penguin

Room temperature with UHT milk - I tried once using fresh milk, and heating it and the whole thing was a disaster.

Penny. x