California Farm Dried Probiotic Yoghurt

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 people, 2 pints
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hobby Horseman

California Farm Dried Probiotic Yoghurt

This method of making and drying greek probiotic yoghurt in your oven prolongs the shelf life of probiotic active bacteria longer than fresh yoghurt in your fridge. When you make your own yoghurt, it is freshest for two weeks. Dried yoghurt stays fresh for a few months in the fridge, longer if kept in the freezer. An 8 ounce cup of fresh greek yoghurt makes 2 ounces yoghurt powder and can be reconstituted in ten minutes to 8 ounces of liquid yoghurt. Great with fruit, cereal and honey for breakfast.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 people, 2 pints

Cooking time :

Fresh yoghurt overnight, dried yoghurt half day

Half

gallon of full milk, not ultra pasteurized

Cup

plain greek probiotic yoghurt, no sweeteners or flavors added

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Make 2 pints greek yoghurt: on stovetop, warm 1/2 gallon full milk to 185F degrees, stir well, cool to 115F degrees. Mix cup of 115 degree milk with cup of cold yoghurt, stir back into pan with warm milk, lid on, let cool overnight. Pour off the liquid wey, freeze. Put 2 pints of greek yoghurt in your fridge. Make dried yoghurt from one pint.

* Step 2

Preheat oven to 100F degrees. Some ovens warm up that low, otherwise just leave the oven lights on (takes two hours to reach 100 F). Or heat oven to lowest setting possible (usually 170F degrees), and turn off, cool to 100F degrees. Brush cup of yoghurt each on parchment paper on 2 half size baking pans. Wait till yoghurt has dried, mine takes a day. Peel dried yoghurt sheet off parchment paper, break in chunks, grind to powder in food processor or grinder. Sieve, regrind larger particles. Done.

* Step 3

Reconstitute dried yoghurt: put few tablespoons of dried yoghurt in breakfast bowl, whisk, let sit ten minutes, add fruit, cereal, honey for breakfast. Reconstituted yoghurt tastes stronger than fresh yoghurt, so I thin it out to my taste. Enjoy.