I eat yogurt nearly every day. I was buying (and eating) Light & Fit (no sugar, but artificially sweetened) and my daughter kind of gave me heck because it's not really a "healthy" thing to eat.
I haven't made yogurt for a long time. While visiting said daughter, she had made yogurt in her Instant Pot. It was fabulous yogurt, but I don't have an InstantPot! I hate to buy one JUST to make yogurt, and if we all know that I'm not cooking much for us.
Anyway, I've decided that come Christmas time (Black Friday) the InstantPot goes on sale for quite a discount. I've thought about it and think I'll get one for myself. I plan to purge my slow cookers (I have two), my yogurt maker, my electric soup pot along with a few other big cooking vessels.
One appliance to replace several sounds like a good thing for me. I'm working on losing weight via Jenny Craig, and once my weight is off, I plan to cook from the Skinnytaste cookbooks. The woman who writes the books embraces the InstantPot, so I think I'm going to invest.
ANYWAY, to tell you about my best yogurt yet...
When making yogurt, you are to heat the milk to 180F. I've done a lot of reading and found a woman who "swears" that if you keep your milk at 180F for 30 minutes, your yogurt will be creamier. Ok...I tried doing that with the last batch and it was good.
Yesterday I made yogurt again. I usually purchase Fage plain Greek yogurt to use as my starter. Instead of my "regular", I purchased Chobani plain Greek yogurt and used it as my starter. I heated the milk to 180F and held it at that temperature for 30 minutes. Ice bath to bring the milk to 115F and add 2 TBL of yogurt and mix well. Poured into a glass bowl and put it to "cook" in my yogurt maker for nearly 11 hours. Then I put it in the fridge till morning.
In the morning, I stirred the yogurt and tasted it. Not bad. I put it in a piece of muslin and hung it from the cupboard handle and let the whey drain into a bowl for several hours. When I put it in my yogurt container to set in the fridge to be used, I tasted it. OHMYGOSH!!! This is FABULOUS! It's smooth, it's not sharp in flavor and the consistency is just incredible.
Oh my goodness, that is a lot of work. Why is store bought yogurt unhealthy? I love yogurt, never had home made, and honestly not sure I would take the time to make it that you describe.
ReplyDeleteMaking yogurt (other than holding the milk's temp at 180F for 30 minutes) isn't too time consuming. Higher nutrition in the homemade yogurt. When making it in the InstantPot, it's a wham-slam and it's magically done without a lot of fuss!
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