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

thunderchild

Yes that was my thought so put a whole pot of yoghurt in and it has worked a treat! I put it in the fridge to chill down this morning, going to strain tonight.

The sachet pack I made up is vile, like sucking a lemon its quite sour and supposed to be berry flavoured. I know I picked the low fat unsweetened one but did not expect it to be that sour. :eek:

Defo sticking to the MSE recipe and flavouring it myself

marmiterulesok

thunderchild wrote: »

Yes that was my thought so put a whole pot of yoghurt in and it has worked a treat! I put it in the fridge to chill down this morning, going to strain tonight.

The sachet pack I made up is vile, like sucking a lemon its quite sour and supposed to be berry flavoured. I know I picked the low fat unsweetened one but did not expect it to be that sour. :eek:

Defo sticking to the MSE recipe and flavouring it myself

That's great!

I've only recently started making yogurt,but it's so much nicer than shop bought.:D

widget1974_2

Ive had my easiyo maker about a month now and love it. I have tried the berries yoghurt, custard one & I am currently on the greek style.

I have flavoured the greek with honey and also the fruit squirt of passion fruit. The custard one is lovely with tinned fruit or cereal.

I add about 2 tablespoons of sweetner to the unsweetned before the first shake. I didnt have any sweetner when i made up the greek but now add it when i serve it. I make up mine at about 9pm and then when I am up for work about 6.30 I move it to the fridge. You do get some liquid which you can drain off or just mix back in the yoghurt.

Julian Graves have a good selection of sachets and they are also at a good price.

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thunderchild

I am going to stick to making the plain with UHT, just making a gooseberry compote to go with a pot tomorrow for my work lunch!

veronarona

thunderchild wrote: »

The sachet pack I made up is vile, like sucking a lemon its quite sour and supposed to be berry flavoured.

If the unsweetened berry is like sucking a lemon, just imagine what the unsweetened lemon I got is like - no don't, the wind might change

veronarona

marmiterulesok

I've only made plain yogurt too,up til now.It's got such a clean,refreshing taste.I sometimes have it with a teaspoon of lemon curd or honey.
I've got a recipe for yogurt with lemon curd and shortbread -and I'm a dab hand at making lemon curd!I'd like to try that one.Then there's a green tea yogurt which sounds intriguing.

alfieroux

Just to say that it will taste more sharp the longer it is left. Leave for 8 hours and it should be creamy and sweet. Leave for longer and the yoghurt will be more "tart"! No need to suck lemons....
Hope this helps
Alfie

PennyGSD

Can any of you experts help me? For the last year or so I've become a total OS Money Saving convert - I don't post generally as I can normally find the answer somewhere on here - you lot are awesome! I now make all my own bread, grow 90% of our fruit and veg on an allotment, menu plan, lentils and mushed up veg are bulking out most of our meals, and I'm delighted to find that I should be able to make yoghurt too - handy as we give our dog a couple of tablespoons of live yoghurt a day to help his digestion, and I just adore it too.

Having read through this huge thread I set to work with my wide-mouthed food flask following the method on the bean-sprouts.blogspot.com website.

I used about a pint of normal skimmed milk so boiled it first and cooled it to 45ish degrees, a level tablespoon of freshly bought Yeo Valley live yoghurt, mixed well, added to flask and left for 6 hours.

Result - I made yoghurt. However, it was lacking any tart 'twang' which I like, and was also very separated - lots of clear whey (which I've kept for my breadmaking), and grainy lumps. Luckily the dog seems to like it.

I had another attempt, and this time left it overnight, ended up being about 14 hours, and it's taste and texture is much better - just a hint of a twang so very fresh tasting. However, it's still a little separated and grainy. I've stirred the whey back in, and even whisked it with a stick blender so it looks and pours to the perfect thick, live yoghurt consistency, but still tastes grainy.

I hasten to add that this is the result after both attempts being chilled for a good 24 hours, which certainly improved on how they first came out of the flask. Warm yoghurt is vile!

Is this usual, or should I be striving for perfectly smooth yoghurt?

My flask is stainless steel, which I seem to remember someone suggest may affect the setting, but it doesn't seem to be a setting issue.

I am willing to persevere as the dog will continue to eat the results - somewhat less fussy than I am - and I'd really like to avoid having to buy any additional equipment.

Sorry for the long post, but does anyone have any suggestions?

katholicos

I've made yoghurt in my dehydrator before now, but never made it from scratch using my Easiyo yoghurt insulator thing. Last night however, I thought i would have a go. I came downstairs to a lovely yoghurt. I didn't measure my milk, my milk powder or the starter yoghurt, so perhaps it was a happy fluke, but i am definately going to continue with this method. I must remember to scoop a bit out of the pot to save/freeze for my next starter yoghurt.

rockie4

thunderchild wrote: »

Yes that was my thought so put a whole pot of yoghurt in and it has worked a treat! I put it in the fridge to chill down this morning, going to strain tonight.

The sachet pack I made up is vile, like sucking a lemon its quite sour and supposed to be berry flavoured. I know I picked the low fat unsweetened one but did not expect it to be that sour. :eek:

Defo sticking to the MSE recipe and flavouring it myself

I've tried a few of the unsweetened flavours and they are all really sour:( However the sweetened flavours are all really nice (especially the lemon and the cherry)

As I am always on a diet, I now stick to the lowfat greek and add 2tbsp of sweetener at the start........ I can have guilt free puds then

I buy the boxes from Lakeland unless Julian Graves have a BOGOHP offer on, I think it works out much cheaper and is certainly better/tastier than shop bought yoghurt.