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Instant Pot Dairy-free Yogurt

Dairy free yogurt made with almond and coconut milk
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Breakfast, Snack
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker
  • High powered blender
  • Cooking thermometer

Ingredients
  

  • 150 grams blanched almonds or almond meal or flour
  • 4 cups water
  • 3 tsp calcium water (from Pomona's Pectin packet)
  • 1 1/2 tsp pectin (Pomona's Pectin)
  • yogurt starter (amount as directed on package)
  • 1 can coconut milk 400ml/13.66oz

Instructions
 

  • If your home is warm, place can of coconut milk in the fridge to ensure coconut cream will solidify and separate from the coconut water.
  • Place almonds or almond meal/flour in Vitamix (or other high powered blender) with 4 cups water. Start the Vitamix and increase the speed to Variable 10. Blend for 3 minutes.
  • Stop the blender and add the calcium water. Blend on Variable 1 for 30 seconds.
  • Transfer the almond milk to the Instant Pot (I use my 3 quart Instant Pot Mini). You don't need to use the pressure cooker lid (unless your model requires it), you can just use a pot lid or even a dinner plate. Press the Yogurt button until "boil" shows in the control panel. When the Instant Pot beeps to signal it is done, push the Cancel button.
  • Pour about 1 cup of the boiled milk back into the Vitamix. Add the pectin. Turn on the Vitamix and blend at Variable 1 for 30 seconds. Remove the inner cap from the lid, and pour the remaining milk in, while still blending on Variable 1.
  • Leave the milk mixture in the Vitamix to cool. It should cool to not more than 110 degrees F before continuing. Use a digital thermometer to check the temperature.
  • When the temperature is at or below 110 degrees F, add your yogurt starter and blend on Variable 1 for 15 seconds.
  • Transfer the mixture back to the Instant Pot. Cover with pot lit or plate. Press the Yogurt button until a time shows in the display, and the Normal light is lit up. Press the +/- buttons if required to get to 6 hours.
  • When the Instant Pot beeps that it is done, transfer the yogurt back to the Vitamix. Open the can of coconut milk and spoon the solid coconut cream into the Vitamix. (reserve the liquid portion for another use). Turn on Vitamix, increase to Variable 4 and blend for 30 seconds.
  • Pour into storage containers and refrigerate.