YOGURT!

[Cobalt]

So! A friend (ahem) got me a yogurt maker as a christmas present. So I've tried two batches. The first batch was really sour (needed more sugar and more fruit), and the second batch the fruit i wanted to put in had too much liquid still so it didn't ... really become yogurt. As more like this liquidy half yogurt thing (which was super sad because the yogurt base was freaking delicious -- it was whole milk & coconut milk boiled and infused together).

Anyone got any suggestions on different recipes? Approaches? I was thinking next time I try it, I'd put the fruit base on the bottom of the jars, and the yogurt base ontop to try and help keep them from mixing and the fruit interrupting the yogurt process. Or maybe I should put the base in for like four or five hours, and then put the fruit on top for the rest of the time?

I'd really like homemade strawberry yogurt, but so far it hasn't worked out for me. :<

[surreality]

@Cobaltasaurus You may want to cook the fruit a little to reduce the liquid. Even if it seems to lose too much, it will leech it back from the milk, I'd think?

[Cobalt]

I started with frozen fruit, so I think that I basically just didn't cook it down enough to get rid of all the water. :x But it seemed to be cooking FOREVER.

[surreality]

@Cobaltasaurus It does, yeah-- I've done that with frozen and canned to mix them and reduce them, too, for cake toppings and such. It works out well, just takes forever since you want to use fairly low heat. You can do the same with fresh fruit, too, in season.