Having a French husband introduces you to a world of dairy delights! I remember when I first met Paul, I was shocked at the amount of yogurt he ate. Coming from a Vietnamese family, we just didn’t eat yogurt. So when Paul and I married, it was the meeting of two extremes of yogurt eater and non eater. Now between Paul, Jeremy and I, we eat about 1 to 1.5 litres of yogurt a day. Naturally, with this amount of yogurt and the rising costs of living, you can imagine how much it costs us on a weekly basis just to buy yogurt.
Yummy Yogurt just out of the yogurt maker!
When I whinged to Rach about this cost, she suggested a yogurt maker. Whoo Hoo for great friends and their ideas! Following this suggestion, I bought a yogurt maker off eBay. All I can tell you is that it is the best purchase I have made this year and here is a fool proof recipe to make plain yogurt. Jeremy can’t get enough of it!
Yummy Yogurt
1 litre of Milk (UHT or fresh - must be harmogenised)
2 tbl spoons of Starter (any plain yogurt, I love Jalna)
1/2 cup of Milk Powder (makes the yogurt thicker)
1/4 cup of Cream (optional, makes the yogurt creamier)
Put the Starter and Milk Powder, Cream (optional) and 1/2 a litre of milk in a container and stir. Make sure you stir out all the lumps otherwise you’ll end up with lumpy yogurt. Put the rest of the milk in the container and stir to mix the ingredients in. Put it in the yougurt maker and start! The longer the yogurt is left in the yogurt maker, the more tart it will taste. We like it in the yogurt maker for 12-16 hours.
Once you’re happy with the yogurt, mix it gently (with any sweeteners) and put it in a container, store away in the fridge to cool. Voila!
