Faffa's best yoghurt recipe

[fundj&e]

it needs to be a yoghurt  ladle  amy, i will try and find a photo for u

[Amy :-)]

...are you pulling my leg Uni?

[fundj&e]

  i told you i was mean

[Amy :-)]

LOL!!

I actually thought you were serious....

[fundj&e]

I was going to pm a few ladies to go along with me, but that would have been nasty 

[Amy :-)]

I would've laughed Uni, don't worry I love a good joke

[fundj&e]

  good to know bella

[Lucyluu]

I strain my yoghurt, through a piece of fine curtain, for an hour or two. This makes it nice and thick and then I use it for all sorts of things. Can be used instead of cream or sour cream and I have even used it to make the ricotta gnocchi when I didn't have any ricotta left. Tasted just fine. Nobody could tell the difference. The liquid from straining can be used instead of milk in cakes and other recipes.
Lucyluu

[jakodai]

I was thinking of buying one of these to put my yoghurt in instead of the thermoserver. It keeps the temperature right so you don't have to worry about blankets, etc. I also like the idea of the small containers - just a nice size for a 2 year old's mouth... lol.

Question, though - I want to buy the starter that is mentioned in faffa's original post, but I was thinking of just using 1 litre of milk, because I think 2 litres would make too much for me DS to get through. Would I still use 1/8th of a teaspoon? It's kind of difficult to accurately measure 1/16th of a teaspoon... :-/  Or is near enough close enough?

(by the way... 2 more sleeps to go...!)

[Amy :-)]

(by the way... 2 more sleeps to go...!)

YAY!!!

[faffa_70]

Question, though - I want to buy the starter that is mentioned in faffa's original post, but I was thinking of just using 1 litre of milk, because I think 2 litres would make too much for me DS to get through. Would I still use 1/8th of a teaspoon? It's kind of difficult to accurately measure 1/16th of a teaspoon... :-/  Or is near enough close enough?

It would seriously be only a couple of granules for 1 litre. When you get it, measure out on a spoon the 1/8 or use a 1/4 teaspoon and 1/2 fill it then look at it and you will know what I mean. The starter is granulated, not powdered.  

[Amy :-)]

For anyone wanting to use skim milk, like I do, I just thought I would let you know that the Devondale long life skim milk has less "bite" to it than Harvey Fresh long life skim milk

I used Harvey Fresh for my first batch, but then Devondale was on special at WW so I bought that and I will definitely be using it every time from now on

[jakodai]

If you use long life milk, do you need to heat it to 90 degrees for 20 minutes, or can you skip that step?

[Amy :-)]

If you use long life milk, do you need to heat it to 90 degrees for 20 minutes, or can you skip that step?

I followed the recipe exactly Amanda, and it turned out really well with the long life milk. I hadn't actually considered skipping that step, but I don't think I want to risk it in case I ruin a whole batch of yoghurt

So... TM should be pretty close now?!

[SueJen]

I have been using long life milk for ages jakodai, and I do skip the first step. Works beautifully.