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Homemade Soy Yogurt |
I’ve been making homemade yogurt for years and I've spent a lot of time posting about my yogurt making adventures.
A couple of years ago I discovered that I could no longer tolerate dairy, so I've been on a mad search for the perfect soy yogurt recipe.
The yogurt always tastes fine but the texture varies GREATLY based milk. Typically, cow milk makes smooth and creamy yogurt.
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Cows Milk Yogurt |
Silk brand soy milk makes delicious but lumpy yogurt with lots of whey (liquid around the yogurt).
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Silk Soy Milk Yogurt |
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Almond Milk Yogurt with Blueberries |
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Almond Milk Yogurt with Blueberries |
The almond milk yogurt had so much whey that it was only usable for smoothies.
A few weeks ago I accidentally discovered how to make wonderfully smooth and delicious Soy milk yogurt.
Tip #1 - Use a Yogurt Maker!
It's easy to incubate dairy yogurt in the microwave, crock pot or oven. Non-dairy yogurt needs a yogurt maker!
I found a good yogurt maker for $7 at Goodwill..
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Euro Cuisine Yogurt Maker |
Tip #2 - Use Good Quality Soy Milk
I've used Silk and other nationally recognized soy milk brands. The best soy yogurt comes from Chinese Soy Milk.
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Soy Milk from the Asian market |
I purchased this milk from my local Asian market (99 Ranch). I believe that it makes great yogurt because it has very few ingredients.
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Very few ingredients |
That's pretty much it.
Homemade Soy Yogurt
For this recipe you will need:
4 cups of Soy Milk
½ cup powdered soy milk
2 tablespoons of yogurt with live and active yogurt cultures
OR 1 pack of freeze dried yogurt cultures (available on Amazon)
OR 1 pack of freeze dried yogurt cultures (available on Amazon)
Food thermometer
Mix milk and powdered milk in a pan. Heat to 180 degrees. Remove milk from heat and allow it to cool to 110 -120degrees. Whisk in yogurt starter. Pour mixture into yogurt incubator. Incubate for approx 8 hours. Refrigerate yogurt to stop the incubation process.
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Use plain yogurt with Live and Active yogurt cultures OR |
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Freeze dried yogurt culture packet |
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Incubate according to manufacturer's directions |
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I like to incubate overnight or while i'm at work. |
The finished product is a smooth creamy dairy free yogurt!
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