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Making yogurt at home for you and your family is fun easy and can save you a lot of money in the long run. Once it s cooled measure out the cup of plain yogurt and pour it into one of your jars.
Adding the milk before it s cooled enough may kill the cultures which you don t want to do.
How do we make yogurt. To make your own yogurt at home all you need is milk and some store bought yogurt. Make sure the yogurt contains live active cultures which are what turns the milk into more yogurt. First pour 8 cups 2 liters of milk into a dutch oven.
Then heat the milk over medium high heat stirring it continuously so it doesn t scorch. How to make yogurt. The basic process step 1.
How to make yogurt easy homemade recipe with or without instant pot. Cover the dutch oven and place the whole pot in a turned off oven turn on the oven light or wrap the pot in towels to keep the milk warm as it sets ideally around 110 f though some variance is fine. You can also make the yogurt in a dehydrator left at 110 f or using a yogurt maker.
Wait for the yogurt to set. Making yogurt at home for you and your family is fun easy and can save you a lot of money in the long run. To make yogurt at home all you need is bacteria also known as a yogurt starter culture and milk.
Even better yogurt making does not require any specialized equipment. Making yogurt at home for you and your family is fun easy and can save you a lot of money in the long run. Homemade yogurt is a snap to make.
Once it s cooled measure out the cup of plain yogurt and pour it into one of your jars. Add cup of the cooled milk to the starter and stir until they re well mixed. Adding the milk before it s cooled enough may kill the cultures which you don t want to do.
Milk is the main ingredient in yogurt. People who make yogurt take milk and heat it to about 200 degrees fahrenheit 93 degree celsius. They leave the milk at this high temperature for 10 to 30 minutes.
The longer they heat the milk the thicker the yogurt will be. The general process of making yogurt includes modifying the composition of and pasteurizing the milk. Fermenting at warm temperatures.
And adding fruit sugar and other materials. Modifying milk composition 1 when the milk arrives at the plant its composition is modified before it is used to make yogurt. When the milk arrives at the plant its composition is modified before it is used to make yogurt.
This standardization process typically involves reducing the fat content and increasing the total solids. The fat content is reduced by using centrifugation to separate fat from milk. Yogurt is made by heating milk to a temperature that denaturates its proteins essential for making yogurt cooling it to a temperature that will not kill the live microorganisms that turn the milk into yogurt inoculating certain bacteria starter culture usually streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus bulgaricus into the milk and finally keeping it warm for several hours.
The milk may be held at 85 c 185 f for a few minutes or boiled giving a somewhat different result.