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This recipe makes thick raw milk yogurt with or without the yogurt setting on your instant pot. No accidental pasteurization. Learn how to make raw milk yogurt in the instant pot!
When I first started making raw yogurt from raw milk I had trouble finding recipes that were:
1. not runny in consistency
2. didn't accidently pasteurize the milk
3. were recipes for instant pots without the yogurt button.
I have the 8 quart duo crisp which does not have the button for yogurt. So how do you get around this? I did some research and got the recipe right the first time! So here I will share it with you. I will also share how you can your raw milk yogurt to be a thicker consistency without accidently boiling/pasteurizing it.
A Few Things to Know Before Making Raw Milk Yogurt
- You may want to get a second inner pot and glass lid if you make yogurt often. You may even want a second instant pot if it is something you make often and use your instant pot a lot in general. This recipe will use your inner pot for a day and a half.
- Make sure your instant pot is cleaned out well before you do this recipe so your yogurt doesn't taste like whatever you just cooked in it!
- You can skim off the cream on the top or mix it in.
- This recipe pairs well with my soaked oat granola.
What You Will Need:
½ gallon raw milk
1-1.5 tbsp gelatin
1 packet yogurt culture
An Instant Pot, of course!
How To Make Raw Milk Yogurt:
If You Have The Yogurt Setting:
Pour your raw milk into your instant pot.
Turn on your instant pot and press the yogurt button. When your instant pot displays that it is going to boil the milk, press adjust.
Once its slightly warmed, sprinkle in a little over a tablespoon of gelatin. Stir and allow the gelatin to dissolve.
Important: Don't let your milk get too hot! It should just get warm enough for the gelatin to dissolve, then press cancel.
Stir in your yogurt culture.
Put the lid on your instant pot. If using the standard lid, make sure the venting knob is in the venting position.
Press the yogurt button again and then press adjust and set it to the normal setting.
Set the timer for 8 hours.
After 8 hours, let the yogurt cool down before letting it set in the fridge for 24 hours.
Enjoy with some fresh or dried fruit or my soaked oat granola.
If You Don't Have the Yogurt Setting:
Pour your raw milk into your instant pot.
Turn on the Sous Vide Setting. Set the timer for 8 hours and the temperature to 105°F.
Once the milk starts to warm up, sprinkle in the gelatin and stir until it is dissolved.
Once the milk has reached 105°F (it will beep), stir in your yogurt culture.
Let it sit for 8 hours.
After 8 hours, let the yogurt cool down before letting it set in the fridge for 24 hours.
Enjoy with some fresh or dried fruit or my soaked oat granola.
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📖 Recipe
How to Make Raw Milk Yogurt in the Instant Pot
Equipment
- Large spoon
Ingredients
- ½ gallon raw milk
- 1-1.5 tablespoon gelatin
- 1 packet yogurt culture I use cultures for health traditional flavor, direct set culture
Instructions
Instant pots with the yogurt setting:
- Pour your raw milk into your instant pot.
- Turn on your instant pot and press the yogurt button. When your instant pot displays that it is going to boil the milk, press adjust.
- Once its slightly warmed, sprinkle in a little over a tablespoon of gelatin. Stir and allow the gelatin to dissolve.
- Important: Don't let your milk get too hot! It should just get warm enough for the gelatin to dissolve, then press cancel.
- Stir in your yogurt culture.
- Put the lid on your instant pot. If using the standard lid, make sure the venting knob is in the venting position.
- Press the yogurt button again and then press adjust and set it to the normal setting.
- Set the timer for 8 hours.
- After 8 hours, let the yogurt cool down before letting it set in the fridge for 24 hours.
- Enjoy with some fresh or dried fruit or my soaked oat granola.
Instant pots without the yogurt setting:
- Pour your raw milk into your instant pot.
- Turn on the Sous Vide Setting. Set the timer for 8 hours and the temperature to 105°F.
- Once the milk starts to warm up, sprinkle in the gelatin and stir until it is dissolved.
- Once the milk has reached 105°F (it will beep), stir in your yogurt culture.
- Let it sit for 8 hours.
- After 8 hours, let the yogurt cool down before letting it set in the fridge for 24 hours.
- Enjoy with some fresh or dried fruit or my soaked oat granola.
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