Knitting one's own yogurt... problems?!
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:13 pm
I'm unsure if they're problems or to be expected.
1. I am using UHT lactose free milk, semi skimmed.
2. I am using a started of a lactose free bio yogurt.
I heated the milk right, mixed in the culture, poured into a pre warmed wide neck flask.
the thing is, it's coming out like grains in whey; I drain the whey but end up with bugger all yogurt for my effort.
it's also VERY tangy; perfect for cooking with but not edible on its own.
I started doing this because finding lactose free COW'S MILK yogurt is incredibly hard; so hard that the only one I can find is Lindahl's Turkish, and it's only sold at Ocado. I can't afford to do my shopping at Ocado just to get this yogurt lol.
so, am I missing something?! how do i make a more palatable, thicker yogurt? I loooove bio yogurt, but am used to the milder commercial kind.
I have to avoid soya too, so that's alpro and provamel out of the window.
oh, and the advice so often given online is that lactose intolerants can tolerate standard bio yogurt. no. we can't.
thanks!
1. I am using UHT lactose free milk, semi skimmed.
2. I am using a started of a lactose free bio yogurt.
I heated the milk right, mixed in the culture, poured into a pre warmed wide neck flask.
the thing is, it's coming out like grains in whey; I drain the whey but end up with bugger all yogurt for my effort.
it's also VERY tangy; perfect for cooking with but not edible on its own.
I started doing this because finding lactose free COW'S MILK yogurt is incredibly hard; so hard that the only one I can find is Lindahl's Turkish, and it's only sold at Ocado. I can't afford to do my shopping at Ocado just to get this yogurt lol.
so, am I missing something?! how do i make a more palatable, thicker yogurt? I loooove bio yogurt, but am used to the milder commercial kind.
I have to avoid soya too, so that's alpro and provamel out of the window.
oh, and the advice so often given online is that lactose intolerants can tolerate standard bio yogurt. no. we can't.
thanks!