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Home made yogurt recipes
« on: December 15, 2011, 08:30:59 am »
Does anybody have any good home made yogurt recipes? My daughter is allergic to dairy and soya amongst other things and I want to make her some yogurt from oatmilk. I have failed 3 times now and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong? This is the culture I got: http://www.cheese-yogurt-making.com/cheese-yogurt-rennets/yogurt-cheese-yogurt-making.html I got the first one, the probiotic one. Maybe its not suitable? I am lost!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!  :)

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 12:15:15 pm »
How are you preparing the oat milk? It will need to be heated, most likely, to let the culture do its job. When I make dairy yogurt, the milk has to be at about 105-110F (I think around 40C?) for it to work.

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2011, 13:48:27 pm »
Reading along - I haven't found any recipes that don't have any dairy in them ....
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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2011, 18:36:37 pm »
I heat it up and when it starts boiling I leave it to cool down to 110. It is just so watery!! Should I try putting more culture in it? I also just realised that the culture probably has dairy in it but her allergy is not really that bad so I'm hoping its not enough to affect her? Apparently there is no dairy free culture in the UK!

Thank you for your help! Its driving me mad that I can't do this right!! Lol

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2011, 21:20:47 pm »
If she can have gelatin, you might try reserving some gelatin when you pour it into the container to heat it - I use a pint Mason jar - and sprinkle a packet of plain gelatin on top, let it dissolve while the milk heats. When the milk is hot, I add so of the hot to the cold, cover, and shake it to make sure it's dissolved, and then I add it back into the milk. Helps to thicken it a bit.

Also, I find my yogurt is frustratingly watery in the Winter; Summer temperatures make for a thicker smoother yogurt. I've started using a heating pad under the jars on the countertop to help keep it warm, in addition to all the towels I already pile on top of the culturing milk. LOL How long are you leaving it to culture, and are you able to keep it warm long enough?

And if all else fails, I have been known to strain off some of the liquidy whey (you can use it as a starter for your next batch) to thicken the remaining stuff.

You might want to try adding the slightest bit of sugar to the mix to feed the probiotic bacteria; maybe add a spoonful of sugar and dissolve it and see if it makes a difference?

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2011, 09:15:22 am »
could you try putting less water in the flask (or whatever you use) - I know with the EasyYo I have if I put too much water in the flask it makes the yogurt really watery ...
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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2011, 11:04:33 am »
Thanks for the ideas girls! I'd like to stay away from the gelatin for now as Katerina is reacting in so much and if she is not ok with it I won't know if its the gelatin or culture! The flusk is full as its capacity is 1 litre and thats how much I make.

Its realky annoying as its supposed to be easy but its a lot trickier than I thought it would be. I just want her to have *some* variety in her menu you know? So far she is allergic to dairy, soya, white fish, strawberrys, eggs, wheat and intolerant to chicken. Its just too much!

Sorry for the rant! :-)

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2011, 12:34:32 pm »
Hugs.

You can make a lot with oat milk - pretty much any recipe that says milk, just replace with Oatly, etc - we also use Pure/Vitalite instead of butter.  Means you can offer a better variety ... if you don't mind cooking
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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2011, 14:46:59 pm »
You are right! I don't ming cooking. I love cooking. I guess it doesnt have to be so restricting once I try a few more things and I see she is ok with them. I never got to try to much as it affects her gut and it took ages to heal. It will get better, I'm sure :-)

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2011, 15:20:35 pm »
how old is your dd?
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« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2011, 22:32:45 pm »
She is 19 months now. But only started being better about 2 months ago. She went for about 6 months of being unwell until she was finally diagnosed and treated! I never realised that allergies could be the cause. I was expecting allergies yo show on her skin you know? Only allergy that was severe in a send for me to understand straight away was the egg. She has 1 bite and went bright red and was sick everywhere for about 10 min, then the next morning she woke up with red dots on her arms and legs that lasted about 4 days. Not eager to try this again any time soon! Was kinda scary.

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2011, 19:07:16 pm »
That does sound scary. :( Out of interest what were her symptoms for dairy? M pretty much outgrew his dairy issues around aged 2. 

If she is 19 months she can pretty much have anything - we make rice pudding (lovely with oat milk!), custard, biscuits, cakes, etc - although not sure about egg substitutes - but there are plenty things without egg in them.  Just look in normal recipe books as I found the specialist free-from ones just use dairy substitute products ::)

Sorry, realised I have gone totally off-subject!  To go back to the initial question - I think it depends on where you live how much water you need in the yoghurt.  Def try just adding less in the flask and if that doesn't work, then maybe a bit less milk in the actual mix?
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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2011, 00:26:59 am »
You need sugar to culture the yogurt.  I don't know anything about oat milk and what the ingredients are, but if there is no sugar in it then you won't get yogurt. It is the lactose in cow's milk that reacts with the bacteria to culture - which is why lactose-free milk does not work to make yogurt (unless it is lactosemilk with lactase added to make it lactose-free iyswim).  Honey or maple syrup might work to ferment the milk but there are also starters you can get that are meant for vegan-yogurt which contain the needed sugars as well. I think that they are all soy-based as well.  The best way to do it I think is to not start with oat milk but to start with oats, grind them, and let the grains ferment first and then use that mixture to make the yogurt ??? Not sure if that would make sense or not but that is what I would try first!

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Re: Home made yogurt recipes
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2011, 12:27:56 pm »
Thanks so much Mashi! I did fine a recipe online actually that uses oats. Will give it a go. There is also a yogurt made from pea protein in the UK so I'll if she is ok with it then maybe I can use this to start making a batch!

Firsttimemummy, Katerina reaction to milk was basically constipation and tummy ache. Apart from the constipation which was pretty bad what we basically saw was a baby who went from sleeping 12 hours straight at night at 3 months to one that kept waking up every 30 min. And of course it took ages for the GP to take as seriously as they thought it was just colic. However, I am not convinced that it is a true allergy, I think of it more of an intolerance as it took long to reach to the stage it did. With other foods the reaction was instant. White fish for example she got a super bloated stomach within 2 hours of eating it and then got diarrhoea for 48 hours. she has a different reaction to all! Makes it that much harder to diagnose :-)