How to make your own yoghurt

Making your own yoghurt couldn’t be any easier. I eat loads of yoghurt, simply for its health benefits. It’s a great way to save money, you would otherwise spend on expensive probiotic supplements. Let me show you how to make your own yoghurt.

Benefits of homemade Yoghurt

Probiotics contribute to the health and balance of the intestinal tract. A probiotic is also called the “good” bacteria which when ingested acts to maintain a healthy intestinal tract and helps fight illness and disease.

Poor eating habits, chlorinated drinking water, stress, disease and the use of antibiotics in food, as well as in medical treatments can wreak havoc in the gastrointestinal tract. It destroys good bacteria and allows the bad bacteria to multiply. When the ratio of good bacteria to bad is lowered, problems begin to arise such as excessive gas, bloating, constipation, intestinal toxicity and poor absorption of nutrients.

I also like to use yoghurt in dressings and baked goods.

My favourite yoghurt is Bulgarian Yoghurt, you will have to buy one before you can start making your own. Every natural yoghurt which says “live cultures” on the label will actually work. Bulgarian yoghurt is creamier and thicker than most of the others.

How to make your own Yoghurt

You will need to keep the yoghurt at a constant temperature of 42 degrees Celsius, for 5-8 hours while it’s fermenting. I recommend using a thermal flask which you only use for this purpose. Another option is to fill the yoghurt into jars and place them into the cold oven with only the oven light turned on. You can also go all fancy and buy a yoghurt maker which will do the work for you.

Homemade Coconut Milk Yoghurt is a great alternative for everybody who would like to go dairy-free.

Enjoy your homemade yoghurt and go wild with all different kind of flavour combinations.

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What is your favourite yoghurt flavour? Let me know, I’m looking forward to reading your comments.

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How to make your own yoghurt

How to make your own probiotic yoghurt and save some serious money.

Prep Time5 hours hrs

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time5 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course: Fermented Food

Cuisine: German

Keyword: easy, fermented, healthy

Servings: 5 Servings

Calories: 128kcal

Author: Eva Burg

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

• ▢ 4 cups organic milk goats or cows milk will both work
• ▢ 4 tablespoons Bulgarian yoghurt with live cultures
• ▢ instant-read thermometer
• ▢ Flask or other thermal containers to keep a constant temperature

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Instructions

• Heat the milk up to 72 °C-80 °C and keep the temperature for 20 min. This will eliminate any competing bacteria which would prevent the yoghurt from thickening.
• Take the pot off the heat and let cool to 107 °F/42 °C.
• Separate two ladles of milk and pour them into a small bowl. Stir in the 4 tablespoons of yoghurt until smooth.
• Add the milk yoghurt mix back to the warm milk.
• If you like your yoghurt extra thick, keep it on the stove for another 15 min, at 107 °F/42 °C.This is just my personal preference but this step can be omitted.
• Pour the mixture into a flask or yoghurt maker and let sit for 5-8 hours. Don't stir during that time or it might not thicken.

Notes

Always keep some yoghurt from the previous batch to start your next one.
Rule of thumb: You will need to add 1 tablespoon of yoghurt for each cup of milk.

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 282mg | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 330IU | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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