by Catherine Haug, June 28, 2011
(all photos by C. Haug)
Don’t you just love that sweet-tart flavor of creamy white yogurt? Or do you prefer yours with honey and fruit stirred in? Did you know that yogurt is a lacto-fermented food that you can make at home?
Yogurt is a very popular food, as major brands like Dannon have promoted yogurt’s ability to normalize a troubled digestive system. It’s the probiotic bugs in yogurt that do this good work, but you don’t need to buy these advertised brands to get the same benefit.
Our August gathering will be on lacto-fermentation, which includes the culturing of milk to make things like yogurt, cheese, sour cream, butter, and kefir. (See also my recent post: Lacto-Fermentation or Live Culture, and The EssentiaList: Yogurt & Kefir, from Powdered Culture).
Read on for a photo essay on how you can do this at home. See also printable pdf version of the photo-essay: Making Yogurt at Home: a Photo Essay. (more…)