Thanks to all of you who emailed me, left me a comment and facebooked with me on this new place of mine. I love it here, nearly as much as I love Australia. But not quite 
Now my lovelies I really wasn’t intending on blogging in my new place about yoghurt. But as is usual with me I regularly go off on a tangent and so why limit that to real life?
So I give you the Beach Cottage Homemade DIY Yoghurt.
This all started with my happening upon this old bottle a while back…it was just what I was after for my umm milk believe it or not…for too long I have not enjoyed those big old plastic bottles in my fridge…I wanted a lil’ bit more, you know, je ne sais quoi when I grabbed the milk for my tea in the morning…
So when I saw this in the Frenchy shop I scooted past a couple of other browsers and dived across all manner of pretties to snatch this to my person before any other vintage-style-milk-bottle-loving gal (or guy for that matter) got to it before me.
And with it clutched tightly to myself I walked around that shop just oh-so smug…oooh yeah baby, wait ’til the morning, I will pour the milk in my tea all vintagey and Frenchy, I will rock this cottage with all things stylish in milk
After pottering around a bit longer, trying and failing to not spend money so my kids could eat that week, I took it to the counter, whereupon the lady serving said she loved seeing hers in the morning..and we oohed and ahhed and gushed…and then another girl added that she loved to keep her yoghurt milk in there.
Your what?
The milk I use to make my home-made yoghurt that I eat with my home-made granola every single morning on the verandah. Yep she was floating around in linen too.
Oh my goodness me. I am sure by now you’ll know what was happening to me. I wanted a milk yoghurt bottle. I wanted home-made yoghurt. And floaty linen.
And somewhere in the back of my mind, I remembered my bath companion Jamie Oliver mentioning way back about making yoghurt and when I got home found it in possibly my fave book of his ‘Return of the Naked Chef’
And so the other day on an absolutely beautiful Winter’s day here in Sydney, where the temperature was about 70F, the cottage was bathed in delightful sunshine and the sky was a wonderful blue I pulled up the old sash windows in the kitchen and made yoghurt as per my friend Jamie.
*1 litre full fat milk, 1 x small tub live yoghurt
*boil milk, leave to cool for 40 mins, whisk in live yoghurt, cover & leave out for 6/8 hrs. Put in fridge. Chill.
Spoon into an old jar, grab your vintage bottle, take some photos. And swoon.
Next I’m making granola, as ever if you have a recipe that is throw-it-together Beach Cottage style I’d love if you could leave it and thanks for the black bean soup recipes to those who took the time to leave them for me…I’ll have more on that soon.
Anyway, I’d love to know what you think of my new French friend?
Enjoy the weekend…I am treasure hunting…
See you chickens later
shared at Cindy’s, thanks!
Sarah I know that the lovely Victoria has given you a delish granola recipe but you MUST also try this one from our friend Nigella. I admit to not being able to restrict eating it only in the mornings it’s scrummy as an ice-cream topper too….
450g rolled oats
120g sunflower seeds
120g white sesame seeds
175g apple compote or apple sauce [I do the sauce from a bottle]
2 tsp ground cinnamon
25g best-quality cocoa powder
1 tsp ground ginger
120g golden syrup
4 tbsp runny honey
100g light brown sugar
300g raw peanuts
1 tsp Maldon salt
2 tbsp sunflower oil
Place the oats, sunflower and sesame seeds into a large mixing bowl.
Add cocoa and give everything a good raking over with your hands so that the cocoa is evenly dispersed before adding the remaining ingredients mixing together using a curved, ridged spatula.
Spread the mixture out on two baking tins [the sort that come with ovens, and are about the width of a rack] and bake on gas mark 31/170degrees C, turning over halfway through baking and re-distributing the granola evenly during the baking process.
The object is to get it evenly golden without toasting too much in any one place. This should take anything from about 40mins. I use a gas oven, which doesn’t brown as fast as an electric one, so often leave it in for up to an hour.
Once it’s baked, allow to cool. Store airtight [I use a lovely glass jar].
This mix makes 2.5 litres.
Nigella says “I love having a big jar of it in the kitchen, to eat with milk for breakfast, over yoghurt and drizzled with honey late at night, or as it is, by the grasped handful, any time I pass the jar.” Nigella Lawson ‘Feast’
Yeah! Absolutely lovely bottle! You just had to have it!
Thanks for the yogurt recipe. I love plain yogurt with honey in the morning!
Wish I could find such a lovely bottle as that….
on the hunt,
Kathy
Yummmm, it all looks just soooo nice! Love that milk bottle. I am hunting for the old style ones in a nice carrier…..I have something in mind but havent found the suitable bottles just yet! But since I’m not working this weekend comming I am going to hit the garage sales & fingers crossed I will find what I am after.
Have a fabulous week
i adore the post… and jamie… thanks for the tip on his new book… that guy is a powerhouse!
xx pam
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Homemade yogurt sounds so good… and we just loaded up on Savannah Bee honey, which should pair nicely with that. Yum!
Sarah, I’m totally making yogurt! I have a granola recipe and will come back and post it when I’m home and find it! Loveyour French bottle
I want one!
OHHH that looks so pretty and DELISH! I have a small collection of milk bottles and creamers. When my youngest (Peyton Claire, she’s
has sleepovers, she and her little friends always insist on me putting their milk in the creamers! I’ve even had a frustrated mom or two call to see what kind of “special milk glasses” she has to get because of the fuss her daughter is putting up! 
I agree, pouring out of them just makes it TASTE better!
Just jumped over from CG’s blog. And, I have to say that I love your milk bottles. Also, I’ve been thinking about trying to make homemade yogurt for quite awhile, but just haven’t taken the leap yet. Anyway, here is a link to my granola recipe: http://tranafamily.blogspot.com/2009/09/tempt-my-tummy-tuesday-is-blog-carnival.html It’s so easy my 8 y/o is now in charge of making granola for the family.
Sarah, I adore all of these photos!!
Sarah, I love your friends cake plate, and I plan to make some myself to give away for Christmas. I know my sisters will love to own one. Thanks Eliza