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yogurt cheese

03:28 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 .. 3 comments .. Link
have you heard of this?  I never had, but since my family will only eat the extra thick and creamy custard yoplait.  so when I bought a healthier yogurt from a goat dairy, we had a problem: 1) too sour; 2) too runny.  the first is fixed by honey, the second?  so I rigged up a quart canning jar with cheesecloth folded in three layers.  made a yummy treat w/ 1 T honey to 1 c thickened yogurt.  and ds6 can eat a batch in a day!  I use the whey for smoothies or for the Simple Loaf of Bread posted by Jen Ferris.  anyway, a few days later, I heard of yogurt cheese- which you make by draining the whey from yogurt!  LOL!
unfortunately, the cheesecloth method means a lot of yogurt is lost between the layers.  so I started to look for a better way.  I found this.  and at the same time I found this yogurt maker.  I received both yesterday.  I am making my first batch of yogurt, and the yogurt cheese is draining.  I read that homemade yogurt is runnier, so it is harder to get thicker cheese.  I took a suggestion from a user and placed a coffee filter over the strainer.anyway, I will let you know how they work!

later!
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05:35 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 .. Posted by oldfashionedgirl
Hello!
I've made yogurt with our raw milk and it is SO good! I just heat the milk, add yogurt and then put it in a 1/2 gallon jar wrapped in a towel in a styrafoam (sp?) container and it's worked all the time (except the last time I made it, it flopped!)

In fact, when there is Nancy's Organic yogurt or home-made in the fridge, most people will eat the homemade. I've also made cream cheese by the same method you've described and it's SO good!! It taste so delicious when I've made it into things!

Blessings,
Alex

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04:05 PM, Saturday, April 12, 2008 .. Posted by CitySteader
I make homemade yogurt, and We have the same problems in our house! So, how do I make yogurt cheese? I just make as think of yogurt as I can and strain the whey out? Can you use it just like yogurt, or is it thick like cream cheese?

Homemade Yogurt & Labaneh (yogurt cheese)

12:54 PM, Tuesday, May 6, 2008 .. Posted by dhcfarm
We made our first batch of yogurt from scratch this weekend :-)

I've been making the yogurt cheese for a while using a reuable coffee filter that fits into a 4 cup measuring cup. Works great for me. I made some of that this weekend too. DH & kids ate it up last night. I just seasoned it with some reconstituted dry veggies, and seasonings...it was yummy on biscuits! DH took the rest to work with him for lunch.

The kids have almost eaten up the yogurt so I'll be making another batch next weekend...maybe even a bigger batch just to keep up with them! I posted about it on my blog :)

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