Homemade non-dairy yogurt

[Sayward]

Does anyone have experience here? I've made a few batches of almond yogurt, but I'm not convinced that it's . . . 'yoged'. It doesn't taste much different and it isn't much thicker (I do use tapioca starch to thicken it up some).

Basically, I'm wondering how I know if my culture actually cultured, or if I'm just eating thickened almond milk. =(

Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[VeganCupcake]

I'm wondering something similar, but I haven't made any yet. I made some coconut milk yogurt but I did not really like it, so I'm hoping to try something different.

[Sayward]

bump? help please?

[birdie.lee]

I don't have any help to offer because I have the same problem! I tried to make yogurt with almond milk and it didn't get that yogurt tang. It seemed to me that it didn't do much of anything.

Hope somebody has some tips!

[cocoanib]

Originally Posted by Sayward

bump? help please?

I saw a post for a vegan yogurt book available in the WAHM section.
I haven't read it, so I don't know exactly what recipes are there.
You should check it out.

O.k, I went to go get the link to post for you, but I was mistaken. It's dairy free vegan ice cream and fro yo, not yogurt.

[griffin2004]

I've made coconut milk yogurt and soy milk yogurt. They weren't purely non-dairy because I did you a glop of plain whole (cow's) milk yogurt for the starter. There's probably a way to make them "yoge" with something else, but I'm not aware of it.

The process I used was nearly identical to making cow's milk yogurt. I didn't get the milk as hot before I put it in my little yogurt maker thingie. Also, it took longer to yoge than my cow's milk yogurt does. Tastewise, it was ok. Didn't knock my socks off, but it was alright.

[featherstory]

I accidentally made a yogurt blending pine nuts and strawberries with not much water, and then added a little lemon juice... the texture was amazing and the taste was great too... I think pine nuts make a great yogurt... I didn't do any culturing or anything, I wasn't trying to make yogurt, but it tasted exactly like strawberry yogurt to me... just add your water slowly to get the right texture, or a little tiny bit at a time.

[Weevil]

I tried with coconut milk (using coconut milk yogurt for a starter), but had a hard time keeping the proper temperature (I don't have a yogurt maker). It did eventually start to get a yogurty tang, so I think with a proper yogurt maker it would work out.

I seem to think that coconut milk would work better than almond milk, since it has more fat and is thicker and more yogurt-like to begin with?

[crunchy_mommy]

I tried making coconut milk yogurt in the crockpot & it didn't come out yogurty at all. Seemed a tad thicker but not tangy really. I haven't tried again since because I got discouraged!

[SandyBeachBums]

It might take a few batches before you get a tang to it. Just use some of the first batch to make the next batch. Kind of like making sourdough. It isn't really sour at first.