runny yoghurt

Penelope_Penguin

thriftlady wrote: »

Here it is

Actually, it was this one that I merged the OP's post to

moo842, have you taken a look at either of the above threads Have they given you any ideas as to what the issue might be

Alternatively, let us know exactly what you did with exactly which ingredients

Eventually, I'll merge this into the thread I've moentioned above

Penny. x

joseph21_2

We have tried a simple yoghurt :

yoghurt dried milk placed in the large flask but the results are running and not thick or nearly.

Anyhelp please???

BARGAINHUNTER!

I make mine like this:

I boil up a kettle of water and pour the boiled water into a large flask and leave it there to warm the flask. I then warn 1l of sterilised full fat milk on the hob until it is warm (about 40 degrees if you have a thermometer, blood warm if you don't). Into this I mix in 2 table spoons of dried milk powder and 2 tablespoons of natural yoghurt. I then pour the boiled water out of the flask, pour the warm yoghurt mixture in, put lid on top and leave for about 8 hours. Then I pour contents into a glass bowl, cover and put into fridge to cool and thicken (overnight). If it is still a bit thin you can strain it to make it thicker. If you use semi skimmed or skimmed milk the resulting yoghurt will be thinner.

motherkitty

Hi Joseph21
I read on one of the threads here that you can strain it through muslin to make it thicker and that a clean j cloth works just as well. I tried this myself at the weekend and it does work and makes it lovely and thick. Just put a sieve over a jug and put the jcloth in that, then put the yogurt in and leave it for half hour to an hour. It's a bit messy but works a treat! I think I also read that if you strain it through again you get philadelphia type cheese but I haven't tried that yet.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi Joseph :beer: We have an existing thread on runny yogurt, so I'll add this thread so that you can read answers there.

Penny. x

Taye

Im still getting to grips with my new yogurt maker (easyo), the first batch made with the starter came out lovely. The second batch was made with alittle of the first batch and UHT milk, milk powder and was also nice though not as nice as the first batch as it was alittle tart.

The third batch was made with greek yogurt from asda, it's was ok but kept seperating and was alittle runny, the four was made with leftovers of the 3rd and was REALLY REALLY runny, more like a yogurt drink.

5th batch this morning was made with a thick yogurt from asda, and it's a disaster it is yogurt and it tastes ok but it's really really runny.

Where am i going wrong? why are all my yogurts coming out more like drinks ??

too hot, too cold ?? am i missing something??

Pink.

Hi Taye,

This thread may help:

runny yoghurt

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Penelope_Penguin

Taye wrote: »

Im still getting to grips with my new yogurt maker (easyo), the first batch made with the starter came out lovely. The second batch was made with alittle of the first batch and UHT milk, milk powder and was also nice though not as nice as the first batch as it was alittle tart.

The third batch was made with greek yogurt from asda, it's was ok but kept seperating and was alittle runny, the four was made with leftovers of the 3rd and was REALLY REALLY runny, more like a yogurt drink.

5th batch this morning was made with a thick yogurt from asda, and it's a disaster it is yogurt and it tastes ok but it's really really runny.

Where am i going wrong? why are all my yogurts coming out more like drinks ??

too hot, too cold ?? am i missing something??

Are you using LIVE yoghurt as a starter If it's pasteurised, the culture will have been killed and won't be able to grow new yoghurt.

HTH, Penny. x

Taye

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Are you using LIVE yoghurt as a starter If it's pasteurised, the culture will have been killed and won't be able to grow new yoghurt.

HTH, Penny. x

Yeah it's live yogurt, tbh the yogurt seems yogurty enough if that makes sence, it doens't give the impression of bieng "a bit of yogurt in milk" it is yogurt ... just very runny.

If you've ever had the asda smartprice natural yogurt, it's abit like that thick and tasty enough that you know "something" has happened and that what your eating is yogurt.

it just seems very runny and not very creamy and a couple of times it's been very sharp (tastes like cheap yogurt).

I used to buy the smart price yogurt all the time, i guess i was hoping for "smart price costs" but much nicer yogurt,

Primrose

I used about 3 tablespoons of Sainsbury's bio Greek Yoghurt as a starter, mixed well with UHT cartoned milk in my Easy Yo flask but unforturtunately it didn't set solid as Greek Yoghurt does. I've ended up with a very liquid mixture. Can anybody tell me what has gone wrong? I've previously used an Easy Yo Greek Yoghurt base from a previous batch mixed with UHT milk to make up another batch and it has worked OK. Does the Sainsbury's Greek Yoghurt have some vital culture missing or something like that?