Yes it is possible and, as I discovered yesterday, it's super easy! I first got the idea to give this a try after seeing this how to on Bitten. With our families new love for greek yogurt but hating how much one little tub costs, especially when the DH will sometimes eat 2 in a day, I felt it a very worthwhile (and cost effective) experiment.
Here's what you'll need:
as well as any regular yogurt (I got plain to add fruit topping to but I imagine a flavor would work too)
First set up shop:
Pretty self explanitory, put coffee filter in strainer over a large bowl.
Fill with yougurt.
Let sit in the refrigerator (covered) for a few hours until it's the desired thickness. When you pull it out this is what you will see. Much the liquid has come out thickening the yougurt.
The resulting thickened "greek" yogurt! Bon Apétit!
This is also a great way to prep yogurt if you are making dip, like fruit dip or taziki (sp?) b/c then it stays dip like and doesn't get too watery. We are also huge Greek yogurt fans to the extent that Charlie only really likes plain yogurt with toppings now, though making it in big batches like this seems so much smarter...put that on the shopping list. Also off to try some strawberry jam since berries were on major sale here (not sure why) so I will let you know how it goes!
ReplyDeleteFirst off, sorry I haven't seen this comment until now. I need to go check my settings since I'm not getting notified about comments. I was bummed at first but I've found the problem now!
ReplyDeleteAnyway the greek yogurt was delicious and tasted just like the bought stuff and it's so easy and much cheaper. I had some today with the granola and it was great. Nathan has also moved to mainly eating "Daddy's yogurt"! I convince him to eat others sometimes because of the cost but now I think this is the way to go. I didn't even think of the dip idea but that's genius too! Not to mention thicken it enough and you have sour cream!
I saw that you made some strawberry jam, I am so jealous you can do so in you bread machine!! Who would have thought?! Apparently the strawberry farmers were constantly watering their crops this winter to keep them from freezing and now they have an overabundance. Some of the farmers are just destroying their crops which I don't get but could be why they have been so cheap where you are.