Homemade yogurt
I made yogurt for the first time two days ago, and hurray! It went well, and now I have (er... had) half a gallon of yogurt for 1/4 the cost at the store.
I slightly adapted the method from 1000 Indian Recipes to make it. I brought the 1/2 gallon of milk to just under a boil (it said to boil, I got impatient), waited for it to drop to 120, added 1/2c yogurt, then covered it and put it in my oven with just the pilot light on and let it be for about 4 hours. Voila, yogurt!
For those of you that make yogurt, is the initial boil or almost boil really neccessary? Is there any reason that next time I couldn't just heat it up to ~120? Is it for the thickening that happens from the lost steam from bringing it to a boil? My yogurt was slightly thinner than store bought.
I slightly adapted the method from 1000 Indian Recipes to make it. I brought the 1/2 gallon of milk to just under a boil (it said to boil, I got impatient), waited for it to drop to 120, added 1/2c yogurt, then covered it and put it in my oven with just the pilot light on and let it be for about 4 hours. Voila, yogurt!
For those of you that make yogurt, is the initial boil or almost boil really neccessary? Is there any reason that next time I couldn't just heat it up to ~120? Is it for the thickening that happens from the lost steam from bringing it to a boil? My yogurt was slightly thinner than store bought.