Iceland · breakfast · English edition
Skyr with berries
Home-made skyr, the Icelandic cultured dairy, strained thick, with bilberries.
6 servings · 50 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 6 servings.
- 4 l Skimmed milk
- 100 g Skyr or yoghurt as starter
- 2 pinch Rennet
- 400 g Bilberries
- 150 ml Cream, to serve
- 60 g Sugar
- 100 g Rolled oats, to serve
Method
- Heat the milk to 85 °C, stirring, and hold it ten minutes without letting it boil.
- Cool the milk to 40 °C by standing the pot in cold water.
- Slacken the starter with a ladle of the warm milk and stir it back into the pot.
- Add the rennet, stir for a few seconds and cover the pot.
- Leave it somewhere warm for twelve hours, until the mass sets into a firm curd.
- Turn the curd into a cloth and hang it over a bowl for six hours to drain the whey.
- Whisk the skyr smooth and serve it with bilberries, cream and oats.
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