OK, so I realize it is the middle of winter, and not everyone wants to be eating frozen desserts, but I just got an ice cream maker, and I have never made frozen yogurt. I had some plain yogurt left from the Moroccan lamb stew, so I figured why not?
I used a recipe that is based on one that came with my Cuisinart ice cream maker. The day before, I placed the mixing bowl of the ice cream maker in the freezer, and put 12 oz of frozen berries (I used roughly half and half strawberries and blueberries) in the refrigerator to thaw. The following day, I pureed the berries in a blender, strained them through a couple sieves to remove the seeds and transferred the puree to a large bowl. I added 2 cups plain yogurt, a splash of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup of whole milk and 1/2 cup of sugar. I whisked well to dissolve the sugar and then poured the mix into the ice cream maker and churned until starting to solidify. I then froze it in a yogurt container (the quart container that the yogurt came in - I always save these).
I enjoyed the flavor of the finished product but found the texture to be a little hard. It has only been frozen for about 8 hours, so it may change, but I think there is too much water in it. Next time I will omit the milk and maybe increase the yogurt. More sugar would help with the consistency too, but I felt it was sweet enough. Maybe I could drain the yogurt?
Not too bad for a first attempt...
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