Yogurt, Fairlife Milk Cold Start - Instant Pot

By lindaauman

I've made the longer, heated version of Instant Pot yogurt and it's good; however a long process with heating, monitoring,etc. THIS IS SO EASY and tastes even better.

I strained the "cooked" yogurt to make it thick; however, this cold start yogurt did not need straining as it turned out really thick and creamy.

Ingredients

• 1 carton (52 oz) of Fairlife milk (I use fat free)
• 1 Tablespoon of fresh, plain yogurt (I use Chobani, plain fat free) w live, active cultures
• 1 small pkg instant pudding mix, optional
• Make sure is is FRESH, NOT OPENED YOGURT.
• Once opened, your yogurt begins to weaken and will not culture
• properly, especially after 7 days.
• You can freeze leftover yogurt in tablespoon portions to use as
• future starters.

Details

Adapted from facebook.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make sure your Instant Pot and utensils are very clean and free of soap residue.

Pour the carton of cold Fairlife milk into the Instant Pot insert.

Stir in the 1 T yogurt

Cover the Instant Pot with the lid in the locked position, seal, & pressure valve closed (sealing). If you have a smelly seal, you can remove it.. OR use any lid from your pots/pans, glass pie plate or even a flat silicone suction lid. No pressure is used for making yogurt.

Push the Yogurt button, then quickly push the Adjust button, and keep pushing the Adjust button until you see 8:00/Normal.
** You will need to incubate your yogurt on the NORMAL setting. If it is on the LESS setting, you will have runny yogurt, as the temp is too low to culture your yogurt properly, and you will have runny yogurt.

The longer you incubate, the more tang your yogurt will develop.
The shorter you incubate, the more mild you yogurt will be.
Display will read 0:00 and will count UP to the 8:00 hours.
Most yogurt is 'set' or firm by 8 hours. If it doesn't look set, add another hour or two.

When finished, the display will show YOGT
Do not stir the yogurt until it has been chilled thoroughly.

Chill your yogurt for at least 4 hours. Put the IP pot liner of yogurt, covered, into the fridge. You can add vanilla, sweetener, or fruit of your choice after it has been chilled. I ADD ONE SMALL PACKET OF INSTANT PUDDING MIX - REGULAR OR SUGAR FREE. Our favorite is Cheesecake.

Your yogurt will keep well, covered, in the fridge for at least 2 weeks...I've kept for a month!