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Yoghurt failure
11 December 2019 10:51 amAnother failed (grainy) batch of yoghurt.
It looks fine when you peer into the Thermos, then when you decant it, it comes out in separate grains. I'm not going to bother trying to strain this batch as I shall simply end up with labneh again...
If my first attempts had come out like this, I shouldn't have bothered trying more than once. I've yet to get a single successful batch of yoghurt out of this second-hand Thermos, so I suppose it's possible that it's simply damaged in some way and I should go back to my giant earthenware pot — but I left the milk in for about 16 hours this time and it was still warm when it came out, and that's all that's required of the container: to stay warm. (It really is a pain trying to get yoghurt out of the bottom of a Thermos, though!)
The other possibility is that I remember now I tried to cut corners by dissolving the milk powder in warm water (which is easier than cold) and then adding hot water from out of the kettle, instead of warming the milk very very slowly as recommended...
It looks fine when you peer into the Thermos, then when you decant it, it comes out in separate grains. I'm not going to bother trying to strain this batch as I shall simply end up with labneh again...
If my first attempts had come out like this, I shouldn't have bothered trying more than once. I've yet to get a single successful batch of yoghurt out of this second-hand Thermos, so I suppose it's possible that it's simply damaged in some way and I should go back to my giant earthenware pot — but I left the milk in for about 16 hours this time and it was still warm when it came out, and that's all that's required of the container: to stay warm. (It really is a pain trying to get yoghurt out of the bottom of a Thermos, though!)
The other possibility is that I remember now I tried to cut corners by dissolving the milk powder in warm water (which is easier than cold) and then adding hot water from out of the kettle, instead of warming the milk very very slowly as recommended...
