Last week was my first foray in the yoghurt making business. And I have to say I was a little sceptical to begin with. The yoghurt making contraption arrived via mail order and looked disappointedly low tech! It was basically a plastic flask with a plastic jar that fit inside. Hmmm. Anyway, undeterred I went off and purchased my milk, milk powder and natural yoghurt! Hang on, you need yoghurt to make yoghurt??? Yes, I discovered you do indeed need yoghurt, however you only need two tiny teaspoons of it to make a huge two litre flask of yoghurt and you can use your own homemade yoghurt as a starter for your next batch. Making yoghurt is relatively straight forward though it does take a bit of time to make (8 hours of waiting to be precise.) However, if you make it in the evening, and leave overnight it will be ready for use the next day. (Bit warm for breakfast, need to cool a bit before eating). The yoghurt I made was so creamy and silky and tasted less acidic than some shop bought natural yoghurt. I added a dollop of home-made lemon to curd to mine which made this a really creamy, zingy and refreshing dessert. Continue Reading…
