Showing posts with label Homemade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Homemade. Show all posts

December 27, 2011

How To Make Homemade Yogurt Using A Microwave

The ingredients required for making yogurt at home using a microwave are,

One and one third cups of non fat milk (dry) A cup full of 2% milk or whole milk One can of evaporated milk One third of a cup of plain yogurt

"How To Make Yogurt"

Measure four cups of dry milk and add water enough to make about two cups of milk. Stir the combination to dissolve the dry milk and pour it into a two quarter glass casserole. Follow by stirring the whole milk.

Set a climatic characteristic probe at 190 degrees and insert it into the centre of the combination and cook this on high. Stir the evaporated milk after removing the combination from the microwave and cool it to about 115 degrees.

Take a small amount of the milk combination and blend it into the yogurt. Then stir it into the milk. Next, you need to now cover this combination with a plastic wrap and cook it at 30% power at around 115 degrees in the microwave. During the 3 hours setting time, it is advisable to leave the yogurt inside the oven and check at every hour mark in order to ensure that the climatic characteristic is fixed at 115 degrees.

You can use the cook control highlight along with the climatic characteristic control highlight in order to make the oven keep the climatic characteristic at the set level whenever you reset it. In case it is not inherent for you to leave it inside the oven, then store it at a warm place and keep the climatic characteristic at 110-115 degrees. Keep checking and if it drops below 110 degrees then return to the microwave with probe set at 115 degrees. Continue this for about 3 hours for the yogurt to set and once that is done, stir it and ice it in the refrigerator.

Flavours

If you like flavours for your yogurt then you can do the following,

1-2 table spoons of jam added to your yogurt

You can use half or one fourth of a cup of crushed fruit or even chopped fruit in your yogurt

Honey can also be used and about one tablespoon should be enough

How To Make Homemade Yogurt Using A Microwave

December 10, 2011

Homemade Yogurt - How to Make Yogurt at Home

If you're trying to save money or you're involved about the capability of the food you and your house consume then manufacture yogurt at home might be something for you to consider. In this narrative I'll justify the process I corollary to make yogurt and discuss in more detail a combine of the reasons why you might like to try this yourself.

How much money you can save by manufacture your own yogurt will depend on how much you pay for both milk and yogurt in your area. Because milk is the main ingredient and therefore makes up the bulk of the cost, the price dissimilarity in the middle of milk and yogurt (for the same volume) will be almost what you'll save (the savings be slightly less than this, but it will give you a rough idea).

"How To Make Yogurt"

The other thing to consider is the whole of additives contained in industrial yogurt. Have a look at the containers and see if you even know what half of the ingredients are. You'll find preservatives, artificial colors and flavors just to name a few. However, should you decree to take the homemade route, then you get to select exactly what ingredients go in - and just as importantly, what gets left out.

So how do you make homemade yogurt? First, you will need a saucepan which holds about 2 quarts, a cooking thermometer and an electric yogurt maker (or some other way of maintaining the temperature during fermentation). Make sure all of this equipment has been fully cleaned and dried. It is very important that the only bacteria gift during fermentation is that which is introduced by the starter culture, which we will add later.

Add 1 quart of whole milk to a saucepan and heat until small bubbles appear around the face of the saucepan (but do not boil). Take off the milk from the heat and allow to cool. Cooling will be quicker if you stand the saucepan in cold water.

When the temperature of the milk has dropped to in the middle of 110 to 115 F, take out one cup of the milk and add in the the yogurt starter culture. The simplest starter culture to use is one quarter of a cup of plain industrial yogurt (it's important that it contains live cultures though). Mix in the starter until it has dissolved. This can now be added back to the rest of the warm milk.

Pour the combination into your yogurt maker. It will sound the literal, temperature of the milk for the duration of the fermentation process. Your yogurt will be ready in about 8 hours.

When fermentation is complete, place the yogurt in the refrigerator for about 4 hours before eating. This step is important as it stops the fermentation process. The longer the fermentation is allowed to continue, the thicker and more tart will be the end result. The yogurt should keep for about 10 days in case,granted it is refrigerated. Instead of whole milk, you could also use low fat or no fat milk.

Homemade Yogurt - How to Make Yogurt at Home

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November 19, 2011

Tips On How to Make Homemade Ice Cream

Sure, you can buy a gallon of ice cream at the grocery store pretty cheaply, but where is the fun in that? You can make your own ice cream with nothing more than a few basic ingredients, some ice, salt, and plastic bags. This will make a great sweetmeat at any party you throw like a family reunion, baby or bridal shower. This also makes a great operation for children.

Here's how to make homemade ice cream:

How To Make Homemade Yogurt Ice Cream

You'll need...
Gallon size re-sealable plastic bag
Two quart sized plastic bags
2 quarts of ice (preferably crushed)
2 cups base / rock salt

Ingredients
4 cups light cream or half and half
1 can (14 ounces) condensed milk
4 tablespoons vanilla extract

First mix all the ingredients well in a large mixing bowl. Next pour mixed ingredients into the quart sized plastic bag. Get most of the air out of the bag and seal tightly. It's foremost to insure the seal is perfectly intact, or you're going to have a mess on your hands.

Next place the first plastic bag into the second quart sized bag. Again get the air out and seal it up tight. The second bag is not precisely necessary, but serves as further insurance should the first bag break, pop a seal, or puncture from a sharp piece of ice.

Fill the gallon bag half way with crushed ice. Add a handful of salt. Then place the quart sized plastic bag with your ice cream mix into the gallon bag with the salt / ice mixture. Seal the gallon bag up tightly. Insure that both bags are tightly sealed. If you cannot get a good seal, you can use duct tape to help keep the contents in their respective bags.

Now the fun begins. Start to moderately mix and shake the bags for 15 to 20 minutes, taking care not to be too aggressive and create the aforementioned mess. Mix the contents of the inner bag well. After ten minutes or so, you should start to consideration the contents of the first bag begin to solidify. At this point, open the outer bag and pour off some of the melted water. Add more ice and salt and continue mixing and shaking.

Your hands may get cold from constant handling of the bags during the mixing process. This is when it's good to have someone you can hand off to for a few minutes. If that's not possible, you can try wearing oven mitts or gloves to insulate your hands from the cold. You might also try wrapping the bags in a dish towel for extra insulation.

After 15 or 20 minutes, or when the composition is thick adequate to your satisfaction, you're done. Serve up your homemade ice cream for your guests to enjoy.

This is a unique, fun, and edible increasing to any party and can fit well into any themed party, especially for a bridal shower. Friends, relatives, and guests work together to make a yummy sweetmeat that all can share in.

Tips On How to Make Homemade Ice Cream

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How to Make Homemade Pancake Syrup

Hopefully you know that you can't make homemade maple syrup unless you some maple trees, the right equipment, and a lot of time. Even then, with just a few trees, you won't make much at all. If you are still seeing for a more homemade taste for your pancake and waffle syrup, you can make the synthetic stuff from scratch. This is also good if you ran out of syrup but have the other ingredients and don't feel like driving out to the store or if you want to know exactly what is going into your food and not a bunch of preservatives.

First you will need a saucepan and wooden spoons as well as the following ingredients and amounts: one cup of granulated sugar, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of water, ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract and ¼ teaspoon of maple extract. If you don't have any brown sugar, you can use all granulated or white sugar, but it won't be as dark and rich. You could even experiment with dark brown sugar if you would like.

How To Make Homemade Yogurt Thicker

Next, mix the water and both the sugars in the saucepan. Place it on the stove on medium high and bring it to a boil. Let it simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes or until it is thick enough for your liking. I prefer it to be nice and thick so that it doesn't soak into my pancakes or French toast so truly and make it soggy. A thinner syrup will seem more the consistency of real maple syrup. Test it out for the best way that you like.

You can whether use your maple syrup immediately or store it in the refrigerator. Use an old syrup container, jar, or squeeze top water bottle to store your syrup. If you want thicker syrup, you can use more sugar or less water and you can duplicate or triple the formula if you would like. You can store the syrup in the refrigerator for weeks and if it hardens up just put it in the microwave for a little until it's to the consistency you like. Warm syrup all the time tastes good, too. If you like butter-flavored syrup, you can also add a incorporate tablespoons of butter to your syrup, or just butter your pancakes, waffles, or French toast.

Why should you make your own syrup? Some citizen don't like the taste of real maple syrup, but want something that isn't full of corn syrup, which is what you will get in the store. It is cheaper especially inspecting that it's homemade. Best of all, isn't homemade all the time better?

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