How to make yogurt

Yogurt is not only delicious, but also very healthy. But, unfortunately, in store copies the composition is not the most natural, which means there is almost no benefit from it. But you can prepare a natural product at home!

Rules for making yogurt

You should start with sourdough. If you don't have it, you can buy it at the store. It’s called “Sourdough,” but you can’t do everything with it. Since it is made drinkable and it may not contain a sufficient amount of living bacteria. The best option is yogurt culture. It is sold in pharmacies and is inexpensive.

And so, all that was left was milk. Ideally, it should be homemade and paired. In such milk, bacteria have not yet had time to multiply and the yogurt will turn out great. But whole milk, especially fresh milk, is in short supply these days, so buy regular pasteurized milk. It will fit perfectly.

1. Prepare the jar and lid, wash, dry, and sterilize. Immediately cover the jar with a lid.
2. Pour milk into a jar and place in a water bath. If you take store-bought milk, you should only open it before pouring it into the jar.
3. You need to heat the milk to 90 degrees, then remove the jar from the heat and let it cool to 40 degrees.
4. Now it's time for sourdough. If you have a store-bought one, just pour it into a can of milk, in the required quantity. Cultural yogurt from the pharmacy simply crumbles into a jar.
5. Close the jar, wrap it in a warm blanket and put it in a warm place for twelve hours.

When the time is up, yogurt will be ready.

How to make yogurt in a slow cooker

Classic

To prepare you will need:

• liter of milk;
• sugar 200 g;
• sourdough packaging;
• food jars for children 180 ml.

Preparation:

1. Heat the milk in a water bath - temperature 40 degrees. If you have a multicooker, you can use the multicooker function; fifteen minutes is enough.
2. Dissolve the sugar and pour in the starter. To thicken the yogurt, you can add 200 ml of cream.
3. Pour the yogurt into jars.
4. Cover the bottom of the multicooker with a towel or place a silicone mold. Place the jars, cover with lids on top without twisting. Pour water up to the level of the yogurt.
   
5. Close the multicooker and set the yogurt mode; depending on the multicooker, the time ranges from six to ten hours.

The yogurt is ready, it is stored as standard, for five days in the refrigerator.

Yogurt with marmalade and cookies

To prepare you will need:

• yogurt packaging;
• milk packaging;
• 4 cookies;
• chocolate 30 g;
• marmalade 100 g;
• multicooker jars (or baby food jars).

Preparation:

1. Wash the jars. Turn on the multicooker in double boiler mode and steam sterilize the jars.
2. Grind the cookies and chocolate in a blender and pour into jars: chocolate cookies.
3. Place marmalade on the chocolate and level it with a spoon.
4. Heat the milk to 40 degrees, add yogurt to it, stir.
5. Pour the milk into the jars and place them in the slow cooker, after covering the bottom with a towel. Pour in water according to the level of the yogurt, close the lid and set the yogurt program.

How to make yogurt in a yogurt maker

Yogurt "Vanilla"

To prepare you will need:

• liter of milk;
• ground vanilla 10 g;
• starter 100 ml;
• honey 100 g;
• gelatin 20 g.

Preparation:

1. Dissolve gelatin in a glass of warm milk, add vanillin, add honey and stir.
2. Pour the gelatin into the rest of the milk, add the starter, stir.
3. Pour the resulting mixture into jars and place them in the yogurt maker.
4. After the machine has finished operating, take out the yogurt, cool it and put it in the refrigerator for several hours. There it will finally thicken and become ready.