tart n’ tangy frozen yogurt

A few years ago frozen yogurt chains like Pinkberry, Red Mango and my favorite Oko started popping up all around the city. Lines would wind out the door with eager patrons waiting to get their yogurt fix. If you've never had this yogurt, it's a tasty experience. It's very fresh tasting and much more tangy than traditional soft serve frozen yogurt. Imagine my excitement when I flipped open an issue of Sunset magazine and found a recipe for homemade tart n' tangy frozen yogurt. As if that weren't awesome enough, it had only two ingredients. Yup, two. I picked up a big container of fresh plain yogurt at the greenmarket from our local dairy. When I got home I pulled my ice cream maker out of the freezer and got to work. I simply poured the yogurt into the bowl, added some sugar and started stirring. I have unfortunately managed to lose the stirring attachment to my ice cream maker which means I get quite a workout each time I want to make ice cream. Appropriate I guess. After the mixture got a little thicker I just stuck it in the freezer for a few hours and let it be. After a day of wandering out in the warm sun, I came back and scooped myself a bowl of my delicious creation. I always get coconut on top when I visit Oko, so I continued the tradition and gave my scoops a crown of coconut. I took a spoonful and was instantly happy. It tastes just as tangy and fresh as the professional variety, but it somehow tastes better because I know how it's made. Next time I think I'm going to go all out and start with coconut yogurt... oh the possibilities!  This is too simple and delicious not to try. tart n' tangy frozen yogurt from Sunset Magazine 1 32oz container of plain yogurt 3/4 cups sugar 1 In the bowl of your ice cream maker, stir the yogurt and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. 2 Follow the instructions on your ice cream maker to complete the frozen.* *I have an idea if you don't have an ice cream maker. I'm no expert at all, but since my arm is half my ice cream maker I'm thinking you could probably freeze a metal bowl (perhaps with a towel around it to act as insulation) and then just mix the ingredients with a spatula. It should take about 15-20 minutes of active stirring.
Filed under eat and sweets by Kelly. . 4 Comments
  1. Jen Says:

    May 27th, 2009 at 11:27 am

    David Leibovitz has written about making ice cream without a mixer–I’ll have to try it one of these days:

    http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2007/07/making_ice_crea_1.html

    It’ll save me from buying yet another kitchen gadget.

  2. Kelly Says:

    May 28th, 2009 at 6:30 am

    Jen-
    Thanks for the link!

  3. TW Says:

    June 11th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    This is such a great article. I’m going to add it to my Health Blog http://healthyfitwoman.blogspot.com as a low fat treat!

    Thanks

  4. links london Says:

    April 6th, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    This is such a great article. I’m going to add it to my Health Blog sadf

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