Kitchen Tip: How to Strain Yogurt Recipe

Ingredients

• How to strain yogurt:
• 16 oz container plain regular yogurt">yogurt or Greek yogurt">yogurt*
• Large glass bowl
• Wire mesh strainer
• Cheesecloth
• Commercial brands of Greek yogurt contain a fair amount of liquid.
• Straining Greek yogurt leaves behind a thick and creamy yogurt *
• Place wire mesh strainer over large glass bowl
• Place double thickness of cheesecloth over wire mesh strainer
• Carefully dump yogurt into cheesecloth
• Bring corners of cheesecloth together and twist
• Secure with a twist tie if necessary
• Place bowl with wire mesh and yogurt in refrigerator
• Allow liquid to drain out overnight or 8 hours
• This will remove all of the liquid
• Empty liquid if needed
• Yogurt should have consistency like sour cream
• Untwist the top of the cheesecloth or
• Untwist the twist tie
• Scoop out yogurt with a spoon or
• Flip the strained yogurt over into an empty bowl
• Let the strained yogurt fall out
• Peel off cheesecloth.
• You can use the strained yogurt right away or
• Rinse out the original container the yogurt came in
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