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homemade yogurt--help please
We've been making homemade yogurt in the crockpot. We use "skinny" (partially skimmed) raw milk and 1/2 cup of plain yogurt for a culture. No gelatin, powdered milk, etc. We've made three batches so far. The yogurt sets up fine (but soft--we drain it for an hour or so) and tastes fine, but it has a grainy texture. Why?
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Amelia, married to Bear since 12/31/04; our daughter Rowan was born 8/6/09; our daughter Sapphira was born 8/17/12; due with DD3 6/17/15 (but after one two weeks late and one three weeks early, I'm not expecting a due-date baby!) |
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Bump--anyone?
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Hmmm...is your milk fresh or coming out of the freezer? My raw milk out of the freezer is really grainy...still good though. How much milk do you mix with your yogurt? You only need 2 TB of culture per quart.
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Oh and how high are you heating the milk?
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Try getting a freezed dried culture to start your batch. Then use your own yogurt for the next batch. I usually do that for a month and then start with another fresh frezze dried culture helps to keep the bacteria levels up
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
The milk is fresh. We've been following the recipe from the Crockpot 365 website, which calls for 1/2 cup of yogurt as culture for 8 cups of milk--so yeah, 2 tablespoons per quart. We used commercial yogurt the first time and our own yogurt as culture for the 2nd and 3rd batches. I've read that we'll need to start over with commercial culture after about six batches, but we're not there yet.
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Amelia, married to Bear since 12/31/04; our daughter Rowan was born 8/6/09; our daughter Sapphira was born 8/17/12; due with DD3 6/17/15 (but after one two weeks late and one three weeks early, I'm not expecting a due-date baby!) |
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
I don't know--2.5 hours in the crockpot on low, then three hours to cool off before stirring in the culture. If I get out the thermometer, what temperature do I want it to be? Is it likely that I'm getting it too hot, or not hot enough?
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Amelia, married to Bear since 12/31/04; our daughter Rowan was born 8/6/09; our daughter Sapphira was born 8/17/12; due with DD3 6/17/15 (but after one two weeks late and one three weeks early, I'm not expecting a due-date baby!) |
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
So freeze-dried culture works better than commercial yogurt? I think I've seen it at the health food store.
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Amelia, married to Bear since 12/31/04; our daughter Rowan was born 8/6/09; our daughter Sapphira was born 8/17/12; due with DD3 6/17/15 (but after one two weeks late and one three weeks early, I'm not expecting a due-date baby!) |
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Quote:
http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Season6/EA1F04.htm
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Re: homemade yogurt--help please
Don't know but thought I'd weigh in.
I use the same recipe only with 4 cups 2% milk and a whole (small) container of yogurt and ours turns out very smooth. Hope you figure it out.
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