i ♥ anything
vintage
i’ve always wanted to make my own
Organic Yogurt…
i’ve also wanted to experiment with making a
Vintage Film
so i thought,
why not just try…
*warning*
the film footage is meant to have an “amateur” feel…
that’s a good thing because…
it is an
♥ amateur ♥
production
(no film critics allowed here…)
the recipe and more photos follow
Enjoy!!
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Vintage Organic Yogurt Recipe
- Automatic Yogurt Maker
- (my brand is Euro Cuisine)
- 1.3 liters 1% organic milk
- 6 oz organic plain yogurt with live cultures (and no additives)
- (Liberté, Stoneyfield Farm)
- Timer
- Instant read thermometer
- Every yogurt machine comes with a booklet of recipes and instructions. The following recipe is based on my machine, but will show you that only two ingredients are all that is needed and a little bit of time…
- Measure out 7 of your yogurt maker’s jars of milk into a saucepan (mine is about 1.3 liters). Heat on Medium to Medium-High temperature until the milk boils. Use your instant read thermometer to check the temperature. Milk will boil at 180 F. Whisk occasionally at first and whisk constantly when boiling. Some prefer to use a digital leave-in thermometer that signals when the temperature is reached. This allows you to do other things while waiting for the milk to boil.
- When milk boils and begins to “climb” the sides of the saucepan, maintain a rapid boil for 2 minutes (set the timer).
- Remove the saucepan from the heat after 2 minutes and allow the milk to cool. The pan may be just set aside, placed outside with a tea towel over it or set in another pan of cold water. This is also when you need to check with a thermometer to know when the milk has cooled to 110 F. The digital thermometer (some even have a voice alert, like this one: http://tiny.cc/5n241 to let you know when it has cooled) can be handy for this. I just used an instant read and made sure I checked often enough until the milk temperature lowered to 110 F.
- In the meantime, measure out one jar (about 6 oz) of your plain yogurt into a small mixing bowl.
- Once the milk has reached 110 F, scoop a little of the milk into your mixing bowl of yogurt and stir to warm up the yogurt. Add a little more if needed.
- Then stir the yogurt mixture back into your cooled milk and stir. Pour this milk into a large jug (easier to pour with).
- Pour the milk into each yogurt jar and place in your machine, without the lids on. Cover with the plastic machine cover and set for the designated time. Mine runs for 10 hours.
- Remove and place the lids on. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours to set.
- I found these instructions worked perfectly and makes yogurt that is not too firm, nor too soft… just right?! Your yogurt will expire in 10 days.
- Serve plain, drizzled with honey or maple syrup, stir a scoop of home-made jam in… plop on top of granola… Enjoy!
Serve plain, drizzled with honey or maple syrup, stir a scoop of home-made jam in… plop on top of granola… Enjoy!
– yogurt from a previous batch may be used as the “starter” instead of store bought yogurt
– purchased yogurt starter powder may also be used as the “starter”, just follow package instructions
– ignore the condensation on your yogurt machine, this is a normal part of the process
– yogurt can be made without a machine, but I prefer the accuracy and safety of a machine’s temperature control to ensure proper growth of the yogurt culture
– most machines include flavored yogurt recipes as well
AWESOME!!!!! Loved everything about it, the vintage look, the song, you did a great job!
Hollywood next?
Hahaha, too funny! I just love playing around with stuff, food, cameras, it was fun to do!
Great video Barb! You never cease to surprise me how talented you are. May just have to invest in a Yogurt maker…. again. Love your blog. Thanks for sharing your wonderful food experiences with us all.
You’re so sweet and so kind, Shauna:) I loved the yogurt we made, so did my daughter. It’s sure been fun writing these…
xoxoxo Barb
Cute video! What program did you use to put it together? I work in design and video production so it is always interesting to see what people are using.
Love the yogurt recipe, I’ll have to try it out soon. I just love yogurt and I recently discovered Icelandic Skyr yogurt…wow, its amazing.
🙂
Just my iMovie on my mac.. I use it to make my photo or video “movies” (using the term loosely). It’s easy, but I’d like to figure out how to insert lettering right on top of the video clip (instead of as a separate page). Would you happen to know how to do this?
I don’t know if we have Icelandic Skyr, but I’ll be searching for it!
Here is a link to their page- if you like custard-y yogurt (like Greek but thicker), then you will love this ! http://skyr.com/products_overview.html
I’ve never worked with iMovie so I don’t know how to do that…but if you ever use Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro, then I’m happy to help!
I looked at the grocery store this morning but no luck:p oh well, will keep on the look out for it!!
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The previous commenter (Holly) just stole my line. Wait. She went first. I’m stealing HER line…Loved everything about it! Absolutely everything! Absolute love! And your photography was beautiful, Smidge. This whole post just sang in perfect harmony. Encore!
(ps….I haven’t pulled out my yogurt maker for so long…but now I won’t rest til I do. You’ve inspired.)
The previous commenter (Holly) stole my line! Wait…she went first…I’m stealing HER line…loved everything about it! Absolutely everything. Absolute love. And your photography was beautiful, Smidge! The whole post sang in perfect harmony. Encore!
(ps – haven’t pulled my yogurt maker from its cupboard for so long…now I won’t rest til I do. You inspired.)
oops…Sally, not Holly.
Spree, you always make my day!! I had lots of fun doing this. Def should pull out your yogurt maker.. I was surprised at how much the finished product tasted exactly like the yogurt starter I had used…
Have a great day!!
xo Smidge
Can’t play vids, sorry, not fast enough out here but Loved your shots and Love your yoghurt, I make it often too and there is nothing like it .. so good! c
No prob… but I don’t think I could ever live somewhere without a good internet connection… you poor thing!! No Youtube??
ps the daughter went to Sunshine yesterday, but she didn’t see your boy.. next time!!
xo Barb
This is a wonderful recipe, i will try it
Awesome:) Glad you liked it!
This was so beautiful… I make my own yogurth as you and in the same way… How I loved your video… And it is incredible to find these words with yogurt, vintage and organic!!!! You are amazing. But sure, how much your original yogurt being good, your homemade wll be so good too… In these days I buy buffalo yogurt for making my own yogurt… It is beeing so nice.. Thank you dear Barbara, your photographs are so beautiful too, it was really so enjoyable. With my love, nia
Thank you, nia xoxo. I don’t believe I’ve purchased buffalo yogurt yet? I’ve had buffalo mozarella… so will have to watch for that one…
Nice footage!
Your photos are always so pretty. We need to make this one of these days, still trying to get a certain chef of the house to do homemade ricotta too.
I’m sure you have an awesome recipe for that one, I love ricotta in so many dishes..
That is one unbelievably rich post! Gorgeous photos of beautiful things, a marvelous recipe for a great foundational food, and WOW! What a wonderful video! I am beyond impressed. I would only call that an Amateur video in the deepest, ***loveliest*** sense of that word: a work of the heart! 🙂
Aaah, you got me there, it is a work of the he(art):) xoxo Smidge xoxo
I love the glassware you use – so pretty!
I started making yogurt in October, but my recipe doesn’t do the boil for 2 minutes part. I’m going to try that since mine isn’t the consistency I like. Great vintage movie—just beautiful.
The yogurt gods (aka my booklet) says boiling isn’t necessary but will “ensure a firmer yogurt familiar to most American tastes.” Not sure what Canadian tastes are like:)
I love your styling Smidge. Beautiful images and how clever you are to make your own movie! I don’t have a yoghurt maker but I think now I should go out and buy one.
I’m definitely happen with my purchase. I did get an extra set of jars, otherwise you can’t make more until you completely run out of the first batch. They’re not an expensive machine. I think the starter yogurt and the boiling temperature and time is the key. My mom used to make yogurt and it didn’t have this nice consistency so she gave up.
You are too creative for words! Love the vintage video – and am now very sad I don’t have a yogurt machine. It looks so delicious!
Don’t be sad… They are inexpensive, alternatively I’ve seen people who’ve blogged how to make it without a machine.. I just think that would be a lot trickier:)
I am not a huge yogurt person, but I know I need to eat it more. So I think I will try out this recipe. And I LOVE your video. Let me tell you.. when the music came one, I was over here dancing in my seat lol. Love it
Hahaha, just picturing you dancing, I love that song too! My kids used to play it Saturdays when they had to clean the house:) If you’re not a fan of plain yogurt, just stir any jam into it and you have a flavored yogurt…
Well done, Smidge! The post itself was well-written and the accompanying shots were beautiful but you included a video which put this blog entry over-the-top! I really love what you did here.
Thank you so much, John, praise from you means that much more because I always admire your extensive, entertaining and expertly written ones (oh my, that was a lot of e’s.. I’m going to add “excellent” to that as well:)
Homemade yogurt…too cool! Never thought of making it from scratch. The yogurt maker would of course help though. 😉 I’m with John–beautiful shots!!
Thanks so much Caroline. Yes, I think the machine is worth it, I know some “gadgets” collect dust, but this was so easy and the taste so much better.. fresher.
Totally impressed..and inspired!!!
Thanks so much:)
I’ve always been curious about making my own yogurt but am always afraid I will kill myself by doing something wrong haha. I feel the same way about canning jam too. I need to get over it!
I totally think that about canning!! Unless it’s freezer jam:)
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Gorgeous post! I love everything about this!
Thanks, Sarah!
Dear Smidge! I just tagged you to answer the Ten Questions being passed around the table. I hope you won’t mind sharing with the rest of us! 🙂 xo Spree
http://cooking-spree.com/2012/01/12/10-little-monkeys/
Thanks so much spree:) I’ve been tagged by John as well, which is fine, since I’ve put off answering them.. now I’ve really got to sit down and think about the answers!
I’ve never seen a recipe for homemade yogurt before. That looks like so much fun! 😉
It was… kind of like a science experiment!
Looks delicious, Smidge. Yogurt is one of the things I buy at the store… I’m sure yours is better.
It was definitely fresh, that much I know.. I think the quality of starter that’s used affects the resulting taste? But not sure, I’ve not experimented enough… Thanks so much 🙂
The vintage film a total success!
Every berry, spoon and cup of yogurt photos just lovely. Beautiful light.
I just love the photography side of things… like you:)
Dear Barbara, can you help me, I try to check my book list. Maybe I confused but I am sure you remember, in one of your post you mentioned a children book and you posted one of picture of this book. There was a little girl with a dark blue sweater (but with white too) remember? It reminded me childhood memories too and I had something like that… anyway, I am looking for this post of yours, but I can’t find, if you give me the link or the name of this book I would be so glad, actually I noted this book in my English book list but I can’t find it now… Thank you dear Barbara, have a nice day and enjoyable weekend, with my love, nia
Hi Nia, the post is Treva’s Forest Mushroom Pasta at http://wp.me/pyLRA-19f Jan Brett is the author of The Hat, The Mitten, and Treva’s Trolls. I hope that helps !! Xo Smidge
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Thank you, Thank you so much dear Barbara, I found and noted clearly this time, I hope I can find on Amazon. I really loved this book writer so much. Have a nice day and enjoyable weekend, with my love, nia
I am highly impressed! Homemade yogurt! I love your photos – and your video! You have a very nice eye for both!
Thanks so much, I had so much fun with this!
Amazing! There’s that special satisfaction when you make things like yoghurt yourself. You are assured that it is a good stuff because you know what is in it. I love yoghurt with apples and cereals for breakfast.
That’s so true, there is so much added to packaged food, the taste of home-made is unbeatable!
I really want to purchase a yogurt maker (as I do a whole host of one-off appliances). It’s posts like these that make me do impulsive purchases. 🙂
Oops.. Sorry about that, but I think you’ll love it!
You are too clever, loved this 🙂
Thank you!
Oh, so well done, Smidge!! Love the video, the instructions, the photos. All of it. 🙂
I’ve always wanted to make my own yogurt, but then I started drifting towards veganism and well… hard to do without dairy. But watching your video and looking at your images, I’m rethinking yogurt.
That’s a tough one, I tried vegetarian for a bit… But I lacked the will power!
Producer, director, star…I can say I knew you when. I love the glasses and spoons, by the way, really lovely.
Hahaha, wouldn’t that be fun! One thing’s for certain hands can be in the video, but I don’t have the courage to show my face!
That was wonderful Smidge! You’re so creative! I eat a lot of yohurt and now I’m thinking maybe it would work out well if I could make my own… especially now i have a handy little video with a groovy song showing me how. 🙂
Hahaha, yup, you’ve gotta have the song on while you’re dancing around the kitchen.. I think making yogurt is quite a bit easier to make than mince tarts;)
You had fun putting that together didn’t you 🙂
Awesome Smidge!
It sure was, now I’m going to recruit my daughter to videotape next time so I can use two hands;)
Loved your video and your pictures! Perfect! The yogurt with the napkin, spoons, and three raspberries…just gorgeous. 🙂
Thank you! I hope to take a photography class this winter… It would be fun!
Absolutely agree with all those who said the photographs are beautiful. They are so pretty. I don’t have a yogurt maker so I can’t try this recipe. I use mainly (but not exclusively) soya milk so I am not sure if I could make yogurt at home. Next time I see a yogurt maker in a department store I am going to ask if it would work with soya milk. 😉
Loved the video! It was a mellow start to my morning, thank you! 🙂
Very cool post!
Such a great post – am just doing catch up and I see great videos, beautiful songs, lovely paintings in another post. Is there no end to your talents?! I love this as I am a big fan of homemade yogurt – wonderful!
Chanced upon your blog today and I’m so glad I did… you are incredibly gifted Barbara aka Smidge :-).