Yogurt has a lot of uses. Not only can you eat it by itself, but plenty of recipes call for yogurt. If you use it a lot, it becomes much more cost effective to make it yourself, especially if you use Greek yogurt.
Makes 1/2 gallon of yogurt, or 1 quart of Greek yogurt.
1/2 Gallon Milk
1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt
Pour milk into a large pot or double boiler. Cover the pot, then heat the milk on medium high. Stir the milk often until it reaches 85-90 C (185-195 F). Remove the pot from the stove top and let it cool to 50-55 C (122-130 F). If you want to cool it quickly, place the pot in a sink full of cold water. Once the milk cools, mix in the 1/2 cup of yogurt. Pour the milk/yogurt mixture into glass jars. Place the jars in a cooler, and fill the cooler with 55 C (130 F) water. Let the cooler sit overnight.
To make Greek yogurt, place a strainer over a large bowl, and line the strainer with paper towels. Pour the yogurt into the strainer, and then let it sit in the refrigerator for 8 hours. After that, flip the yogurt onto a plate, remove the paper towels, and scoop the yogurt back into the jar.
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ReplyDeleteTo heat up the milk to 85 C, I want to say it's around 30 min. I don't know for sure. If you cool the milk in a sink full of cold water, that takes around 5 min. The hot water out of my tap comes out at 55 C, so I don't have to spend any time heating the water to incubate the yogurt (other than waiting around for my tap water to switch from cold to hot).