Yogurt maker review: the great Yogurt

Many people think that homemade yogurt is only made in yogurt machines, but it’s not. Many people think that a yogurt machine can only make yogurt, but that’s not true either!

Conventional yogurt maker

Some manufacturers call such a device “dairy kitchen”. Its design is elementary: in the plastic case there is a container for milk – usually 1.5-2 liters. The appliance runs on low power and heats milk with sourdough to the desired temperature – 40-42 ° C. Cooking time of up to 12 hours, set using a timer. In fact, the effect of the device is almost the same as a thermos or a jar wrapped in newspaper and a warm blanket, the way our grandmothers used to prepare yogurt and yogurt. Milk will simply cool down slowly in the jar or thermos, but the appliance maintains the temperature for the entire cooking time.

The yogurt maker is amazing

In fact, such a device is also not a novelty and not an innovation, yogurt is cooked in it in glass cups with lids. There can be 4 to 12 cups, depending on the model. The most common option – 7-8 cups of 150-160 ml. On the lids of some models it is possible to set the cooking date or expiration date, which is very convenient if you cook a batch of yogurts at once.

Really extraordinary we can call the latest models – with electronic control and a choice of different cooking modes not only for yogurt, but also for homemade cottage cheese, puddings, creams and desserts. Just put the right ingredients into the cups, select the desired type of delicacy in the menu and turn on the device – it will determine the duration and temperature of cooking itself, while the electronic display throughout the cycle will inform about the course of the process.

Multicooker will help us

Some multicookers have a special program “yogurt” – cooking for up to 12 hours at 40 ° C or the ability to cook yogurt in other programs, such as “multi-cook”. Making yogurt from unboiled milk is possible if it has already been sterilized. Depending on the cooking time and leaven in the multicooker you can make sour milk, yogurt, matsun, cottage cheese – of course you need to drain the whey. Users ask whether it is possible to install glass cups with yogurt in the pot of the multicooker. Manufacturers do not recommend doing this, as it is easy to damage the inner non-stick coating of the bowl. You check if the yogurt is ready by slightly tilting the multicooker pan. A sign of readiness – a stable horizontal surface. Possible variants and reasons if you are not satisfied with the result: the curd has flaked – the yogurt is too stale, the cooking time should be reduced, or the milk was not fresh. Whey peeled off – the yogurt has overstayed, reduce the cooking time. Yogurt is liquid – it’s not ready, you need to increase the cooking time.

The microwave isn’t far behind

In modern multifunctional microwave ovens, you can find a special fermentation mode, in which you can cook yogurt and stand dough for example, Panasonic NN-CS596 inverter steam oven with convection and grill, BORK W701 microwave ovens, Samsung CE1110R, LG MC-8087ARC and others .

Not by bread alone

The name of the device – “bread maker” does not seem to imply multi-functionality, but some manufacturers are rightly decided that if there is an opportunity to make hostesses pleasant, then we should do it. The dough in the bakery is suitable at the same temperature that is required for cooking yogurt, which means that you only need to provide an opportunity to increase the cooking time, because the milk needs it more. LG HB-2001BY and Oursson BM1000JY/SS baking ovens have yogurt function, and the Binatone BM-2170 model combines everything: baking oven and multicooker – and also can make yogurt.