I have seen plenty of recipes for frozen yogurt, but balk at buying
one more machine which I will only use occasionally and have to find
storage space for it. Is the machine really necessary? I guess I
should just mix up the ingreeds and stick in the freezer in a bowl to
see what happens.

I once did borrow an non-electric ice cream maker and the inner
container barely fit in my freezer. I have a side by side fridge now
and I doubt it would fit in the freezer section without a major
rearrangement.

By the way, that Kemp's frozen yogurt is very good. Smooooooth.

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
>I have seen plenty of recipes for frozen yogurt, but balk at buying
> one more machine which I will only use occasionally and have to find
> storage space for it. Is the machine really necessary? I guess I
> should just mix up the ingreeds and stick in the freezer in a bowl to
> see what happens.
>
> I once did borrow an non-electric ice cream maker and the inner
> container barely fit in my freezer. I have a side by side fridge now
> and I doubt it would fit in the freezer section without a major
> rearrangement.
>
> By the way, that Kemp's frozen yogurt is very good. Smooooooth.

I have never made frozen yogurt but I have made ice cream without a machine.
After cooking it (you may not need to cook it for yogurt), put it in an ice
cube tray. You may need more than one tray for a larger batch. Freeze
until solid, then process in your blender to incorporate air and break up
the chunks. Put back in the ice cube tray and repeat. You may have to
repeat a third time. Put the finished product in a plastic container and
freeze.

On Tue, 17 May 2011 13:52:55 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>I have seen plenty of recipes for frozen yogurt, but balk at buying
>one more machine which I will only use occasionally and have to find
>storage space for it. Is the machine really necessary? I guess I
>should just mix up the ingreeds and stick in the freezer in a bowl to
>see what happens.

You don't need any stinkin' machine for frozen yogurt, just pop any
yogurt into your freezer. The only reason ice cream needs a machine
is to dash air into the cream to thicken it, yogurt needs no over run,
it's already thick. I freeze store bought yogurt all the time, in
fact I have some in my freezer now. You can eat it straight from the
freezer but I prefer to place a container in the fridge and about six
hours later it's the perfect consistancy for me.

Kalmia > wrote:

>I have seen plenty of recipes for frozen yogurt, but balk at buying
>one more machine which I will only use occasionally and have to find
>storage space for it.

I hear you on the storage space-- but I have to say, though I got it
as a bonus, and doubted its usefulness, I use mine often enough that
I'd replace it if I broke it.

> Is the machine really necessary? I guess I
>should just mix up the ingreeds and stick in the freezer in a bowl to
>see what happens.
>

With care, you can approximate what a freezer does. You need to put
it in the freezer- then stir it up every 15 minutes or so to introduce
some air & keep all those crystals separate.

That said-- I've only done one frozen yogurt treat in my ice cream
maker, and though the flavor is to die for-- it needs work on texture.
The one I made [Lime, yogurt & white chocolate] would be more
suitable for popsicles.

I'll be trying it again- and maybe adding some vodka to help the
texture.
http://www.deliciousdays.com/archive...avor-showdown/

>I once did borrow an non-electric ice cream maker and the inner
>container barely fit in my freezer. I have a side by side fridge now
>and I doubt it would fit in the freezer section without a major
>rearrangement.

Every time I start to resent the space mine takes in the freezer, I
make a batch of Lebovitz's Vietnamese Coffee ice cream and all is
forgiven.<g>

Jim

On 17/05/2011 4:52 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> I have seen plenty of recipes for frozen yogurt, but balk at buying
> one more machine which I will only use occasionally and have to find
> storage space for it. Is the machine really necessary? I guess I
> should just mix up the ingreeds and stick in the freezer in a bowl to
> see what happens.


I have a batch of mango frozen yogurt in the freezer that I made without
a machine. I used a tub of plain low fat yogurt, a half cup of superfine
sugar half a bag of frozen mango and a couple tablespoons of lemon
juice. I tossed in all in a food processor and ran the machine for about
a minute, poured it into a tupperare container and then into the
freezer. It is delicious.

I think that it might have had a nicer texture if I had used my ice
cream maker, but it is delicious. The only problem is that is froze
pretty hard.




>
> I once did borrow an non-electric ice cream maker and the inner
> container barely fit in my freezer. I have a side by side fridge now
> and I doubt it would fit in the freezer section without a major
> rearrangement.
>
> By the way, that Kemp's frozen yogurt is very good. Smooooooth.