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Homemade Milk Kefir: How To
Kefir is a great cultured dairy product. It is easier to make than yogurt, particularly because you do not have to heat the milk first. If you are a raw milk drinker, then you preserve the enzymes in that milk by not heating it.
There are actually kefir starters available in health food stores that allow you to use a yogurt-like approach to making kefir. The starter just contains some bacteria strains different from yogurt. This is not the cheapest way to make kefir, nor the traditional approach.
Kefir is cultured from a substance called kefir grains. These grains are not anything like comes to your mind when you hear the word “grain.” Kefir grains are a symbiotic mass of bacteria and yeasts that will culture your milk for you. You can get kefir grains from a friend or any number of online vendors and then follow these instructions.
Milk kefir instructions
- Place in cupboard or other spot out of direct sunlight.
- Cover jar with a clean dish towel.
- Let it sit for 24 hours or until it reaches desired sourness.
- When kefir is finished, strain grains from kefir milk.
- Drink kefir, reuse grains. Go back to step 1.
Kefir don’ts:
- Don’t keep the brewing kefir in the direct sun.
- Don’t expose the grains to heat, e.g., don’t use a jar right out of a hot dishwasher.
Adjusting to a new home:
Your first batch or two of kefir may seem extra yeasty. If that’s the case, the kefir is still fine to drink, but your kefir will mellow after the grains have been a week or so in their new home.
Tune-up:
Kefir grains take on other strains of bacteria. It is possible for your kefir to seem “off.” You may even think you killed your grains. You probably didn’t. Rinse them with filtered water (non-chlorinated), put them in a glass container, cover with filtered water, store in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Strain them and make a new batch of kefir. Consider it a “tune up.”
Storing grains:
If you want to take a break from your kefir making for a while, put the grains in a jar with milk (as you would to make kefir), cover with a tight fitting lid (a canning lid with plastic wrap between the lid and the glass would suffice), and store in the refrigerator. The low temperature will slow down the fermentation process of the grains; they will go into a semi-dormant state. Every week or two, change the milk and drink the kefir that you made in your refrigerator. Your grains may last longer than this, so if you do neglect them for a time, try to rejuvenate them before deciding you have killed them. Make a batch or two of kefir and see how they do.
- Cover with about one quart of milk.
- Don’t use metal utensils with kefir. To strain the grains you can use a nylon strainer, a plastic slotted spoon, or a plastic colander.
- Put your grains into a clean glass jar. Quart-sized mason jars work well.
About the Author
Alexander V. Martin is a whole foods lover and helps promote homemade kefir made with raw milk and loves other fermented treasures such as a sauerkraut crock.
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