faffa's Yoghurt

[Halex]

Yes i am going tontake small parts out and try different flavours, if I can crack this it will be fantastic.

Let me know how you go.

1st batch for DH cada & honey.

Hally

[judydawn]

Hally's yoghurt - looks nice and thick to me Hally, much better than my first attempt 

[dede]

That looks pretty good to me Hally. Well done. I love success stories.

[Halex]

Thanks jd for osting

Thanks Dede, very happy with first try

Of to school now, then gym, see you all on the teadie

Hally

[faffa_70]

Mine like to eat it with a little raw honey drizzled through it.

I also make fruit "sauces" out of left over fruit that they drizzle through it (think easiyo sauces if you are familiar with them)

They will also eat it with fresh, stewed or canned fruit, rolled oats, home made muesli or nuts. I think that is about all I have seen them put in it 

I only make natural yoghurt ... to many mouths to try and please at once otherwise 

[dede]

Thanks for that Faffa, I was just about to ask you about what you use to flavour your yoghurt. I'm going to make some more soon.

[Halex]

DH likes i with honey but says we need more flavours to mask the husks.

So will see what we can do tomorrow.

Hally

[Halex]

Ok  3 quuestions?!

Can i freeze the yoghurt i made?

Where do i store the 3tbs  fir next batch?

The yogurt i biught to start, do i use this again?

Thanks
H

[judydawn]

Hally is this thread of any use to you.

Freeze your starter in appropriate amounts for next time.

Others may be able to give you some answers here, I don't do a lot with yoghurt.

[dede]

I'm making my second batch of yoghurt now. Then while that's cooling I'm going to make a some no fuss bread dough in my second bowl.

[passionflower]

I'm going to make a some no fuss bread dough in my second bowl.

because you can now !! LOL

[Frozzie]

just a warning I have never known milk products to freeze that well..cant imagine that would be a good idea..maybe others will have some insight 

[andiesenji]

You can freeze yogurt for a culture but use it within three months.  It is possible to "freeze-dry" yogurt for your culture but in my experience the results are iffy.

Yogurt to use as your next culture will keep in the coldest part of the fridge for at least 10 day.  Put it in the smallest possible glass container so it is not exposed to a lot of air.  Yogurt can pick up undesirable flavors from some plastic containers. 

I save some back as soon as the yogurt has finished incubating, in a small, tightly sealed container and chill it quickly.
I only do this with one type of yogurt because I buy the dried culture in bulk (it's cheaper that way) and it only takes a very small amount for a 2-liter batch and the result are always successful - at least for me. 
In my opinion it is cheaper to buy the culture (from Cheeselinks in Australia) and get consistent results, rather than waste a significant amount of milk if a recycled culture doesn't work as it should. 

In any event - even with the Bulgarian culture, which can be reused, I have to start over after about 10 batches because it loses some of it's strength.

JulieO, a member who used to post fairly  regularly, got the "C aBY" culture from cheeselinks and was very pleased with the results. 

[Halex]

Andiesenji,

Thank you so much, you are so knowleadabe on so many subects. You clever thermie owner

Wont be making anymore until we get back from hawaii so no point storing any for next time. Start again when we get back.

Hally

[faffa_70]

I use the starter from cheese links as well now Hally - that way I don't have to worry about the kids eating all the yoghurt and not leaving me a starter. (if the three older boys get stuck into a batch when I am not home they will bowl over the 2kg between them  ) It is about $40 for enough starter for 250L of milk so very economical!