Yogurt Homemade From Good Eats Alton Brown Food

YOGURT CHEESE

Steps:

• Place 4 layers of cheesecloth in colander set over a bowl. Add the yogurt and let drain overnight in the refrigerator. The desired consistency is that of soft cream cheese.

FRESH YOGURT

Steps:

• Pour the milk into a small saucepan and whisk in the powdered milk and honey. Place over medium heat and bring to 120 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Once the milk has reached has reached the target temperature, pour it into a cylindrical plastic container, reserving 1/2 cup. Whisk the reserved milk into the yogurt and add it back to the milk mixture.
• Place the container into a narrow wine bucket lined with a heating pad. Set the heating pad to medium. Let the mixture ferment for 3 to 12 hours, making sure the temperature stays as close to 115 degrees F as possible.
• After the fermentation is complete, refrigerate overnight.

LEMON-GINGER FROZEN YOGURT

Steps:

• Place yogurt in a cheesecloth-lined colander set over a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 12 hours. At end of 12 hours, discard the liquid and cheesecloth.
• In a bowl combine the drained yogurt, corn syrup, sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, and fresh ginger. Transfer mixture to ice cream maker and process per manufacturer's instructions, about 25 minutes. Transfer frozen yogurt to an airtight container, fold in crystallized ginger and freeze for 2 hours.

I.C. SALMON WITH DILL-YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the salmon on a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet. Rub the fillets with 2 teaspoons of the salt, then refrigerate for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, set your immersion circulator bath for 124 degrees F (51 degrees C).
• Pat the salmon dry with paper towels, then divide between two gallon-size vacuum-seal or high-quality freezer zip-top bags. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of the olive oil to each bag, then gently rub the fish to coat. Use a peeler to harvest eight strips of lemon peel and place two strips, pith-side up, on top of each fillet. Halve and juice the lemon; set the juice aside to use in the sauce. If using vacuum-seal bags, use the "gentle" or "moist" setting to seal the bags.
• Transfer the fillet bags to the water bath. If using zip-top bags, let the salmon sink, forcing the air out of the bag via displacement. Right before the mouth of the bag goes into the water, seal the bag. Leave the salmon to cook for 45 minutes. (If one of the bags floats, carefully reopen and try the sink-and-seal method again.)
• While the salmon cooks, make the sauce: In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, dill, mustard, horseradish, and pepper. Stir in the remaining teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice. Stir well, then season to taste with additional salt, pepper, and lemon juice, if desired. Set aside until ready to serve.
• When the salmon is finished, remove it from the water bath. Open the bags and very carefully remove the fish to a paper towel-lined sheet pan. Pat the fish as dry as possible with additional paper towels. Brush the skin side lightly with some of the neutral oil.
• Heat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over high heat for 3 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of the neutral oil and swirl the pan to coat. When the oil starts to smoke, add two of the salmon fillets, skin-side down. Brush the flesh side lightly with additional oil. Cook until the skin is browned and crisp, about 1 minute. Carefully flip with a narrow metal spatula or "fish turner" and cook on the second side just until just brown, about 30 seconds. Carefully transfer to a serving platter and repeat with the remaining oil and fillets. Serve with the dill-yogurt sauce.

YOGURT, HOMEMADE, FROM GOOD EATS, ALTON BROWN

Steps:

• Place yogurt in a bowl and bring to room temperature.
• Heat milk, dry milk and honey to 120 degrees; pour into a very clean container that will be used to make the yogurt.
• It should cool back to 115 degrees.
• Whisk 1 Cup hot milk into 1/2 Cup room temperature yogurt.
• Add yogurt mixture back to warm milk.
• Wrap container with a heating pad and set on low or medium low.
• Be sure to have the pad wrapped around your container so that the heat is evenly distributed around the container.
• Place inside a stock pot.
• Monitor the temperature of the liquid, your target is 115 degrees (perfect temperature for fementing yogurt) and adjust heating pad accordingly.
• If it gets above 120 degrees you'll kill the active cultures, so use a temp alarm if you have one!
• You can also do this on the heating element of your electric coffee maker, but it doesn't provide the heat as evenly as the heating pad and must be insulated with an oven mitt to prevent overheating.
• Allow to sit for 3-9 hrs depending on the consistency that you disire.
• The longer it sits the firmer it gets.

GOOD EATS BROCCOLI NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine mayo, sour cream, cheese, eggs, salt pepper, and ramen seasoning packet. In another bowl, combine the broccoli, mushrooms, and broken ramen noodles; toss with the mayo to evenly coat.
• Place mixture in a greased 8x8 baking dish (or something similar).
• Bake for 45 minute covered, then 15 minute uncovered to brown. Cool about 15 minute before serving.

BLUEBERRY MUFFINS à LA ALTON BROWN (GOOD EATS ON FOOD NET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 380 degrees F.
• Whisk together "wet" ingredients: sugar, oil, egg and yogurt.
• Sift together "dry" ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Toss blueberries with 1 T. of dry mix.
• Add wet ingredients to the remaining dry ingredients.
• Stir mixture for a count of 10. (Do not overstir.).
• Add 1 cup blueberries to batter and stir 3 times. (Do not overstir.).
• Spray or line muffin tins and add batter (e.g. with #20 scoop).
• Press remaining berries lightly into tops of muffins.
• Put in oven and raise temp to 400.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes; rotate at midpoint.
• Remove and invert onto towel to cool.

BUFF SMOOTHIE- ALTON BROWN

Steps:

• 1. Combine the soy milk, juice, and fruit in a blender. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 8 hours.
• 2. In the morning or when fruit is thawed, blend fruit on lowest speed and slowly increase to medium speed.
• 3. Once medium speed is reached, blend for one minute.
• 4. Serve.
• Note: I just copied this from the foodnetwork site but gave this my own flair. I used lactose free milk but don't see why one couldn't use regular, and used black currant juice. I also added some mango and papaya, sort of omitting the peaches almost all together. You can also use blackberries or any type of dark colored berry to get the addition of the antioxidants, but I can imagine this would taste good with any fruit. If you can't find a certain type of fruit in the frozen section, just buy it fresh, cut it up or wash it, then freeze in a plastic bag.

GOOD EATS SWEET POTATO PIE BY ALTON BROWN

Steps:

• Place cubed and peeled sweet potato into steamer basket, then put basket into a large pot of simmering water that is not closer than 2 inches from steamer basket. Let steam for about twenty minutes or until soft for mashing. Mash and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Add to sweet potatoes the yogurt, cinnamon nutmeg, brown sugar, salt (to taste), and egg yolks; mix until completely combined. Pour into pie shell and place onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle pecans on top and drizzle with the maple syrup.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until pie reaches 165 to 180 degrees. Remove from oven and cool for about an hour. Refrigerate after cooling.

HOMEMADE YOGURT

Steps:

• Place milk in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until it reaches 180 degrees, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool to 115 degrees.
• Whisk together 1 cup milk and the yogurt. Stir into remaining milk.
• Transfer to a 1-quart mason jar. Wrap jar (without lid) in 2 clean kitchen towels, completely covering sides and top. Let stand undisturbed in a warm place until yogurt has the consistency of custard, 4 to 5 hours.
• Refrigerate uncovered jar; when it's cool to the touch, about 30 minutes, screw on a tight-fitting lid.