Barb -Pete's Soy Milk Recipe

[Guest guest]

I'm happy to post how I make mine - I have no idea if it is 'the right way' or

not.  It's just what I do and have found that it allows for the best taste.

 

This is for 1/2 gallon.

 

PREP:

 

1 cup of rinsed organic soy beans

Place beans in quart mason jar

Fill jar with filtered water, swirl around

Let soak for at least overnight and up to 2 days in fridge

I change the water after 24 hours

 

MAKING THE SOY:

 

Rinse soaked beans

Place soaked beans in a large bowl in sink

Cover with hot tap water for a couple minutes

Rub beans between your hands gently.

This releases the outer 'skins' of the beans

Run water and swirl the beans around,

the skins that float to the top can be swirled

out of the bowl.  I believe removing as many of these

as possible makes the milk taste better, less beany taste

Drain all the water from the beans.

You should have about 2-21/2 cups now of soaked beans

Boil 3 quarts of filtered water

Place 1 cup of soaked beans in a blender.

Remove the center of your blender lid

Pour 4 cups of boiling water into the blender

Put lid on without the center

Place towel over that center hole

blend on high for about 45 seconds to 1 minute

Pour mixture from blender into a fine mesh strainer

or colander lined with cheese cloth over a large pan.

Do your next batch the same way with the rest of the beans

Wrap the towel into a ball and squeeze the remaining milk

from the beans.  I usually wait a couple minutes after the last batch

allowing it to cool a bit.

 

COOKING:

 

Bring strained milk to a boil stirring constantly

Soy milk burns easily and boils over in a blink, so don't leave it

Add a teaspoon of salt and 1/4 cup of cane sugar or 4 T of Agave

Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook for 20 minutes

stirring every couple of minutes.

You can add a little vanilla if you'd like at the last minute.

Allow to cool a little and put your milk into glass container (i use mason jars

for everything)

 

Use remaining water to clean your blender and your pan.

 

Save the solids from your cheese cloth or towel (okara).  You can make all kinds

of stuff with the okara... i usually make into unflavored patties and bake it

for a half hour at 300 F, then freeze it, so I can take out a couple patties aas

needed to make burgers, put in veggies or soup, etc.

 

Cost of beans, about 50 cents, time about 30 minutes and the best soy milk

you'll ever drink.

 

It keeps in the fridge for about 5 days then starts to sour but you can still

use it to bake with for up to 10 days or so (like buttermilk

 

Mine doesn't last that long because I drink it or make yogurt or tofu

 

Have fun,

Pete

 

 

-- On Tue, 11/11/08, Barb <tigger_twins wrote:

Barb <tigger_twins

Re: Soy Beans prep question

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 1:34 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have never made my own soy milk but would like to try.  Can  you

put your recipe on.

 

 

 

 Barb 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pete, now I have the next question that comes from the last sentence of

your recipe.  How do you make yogurt and tofu.  I do have a yogurt maker that I

haven't used in years.

 

 

 

 

 Barb 

 

--- On Mon, 11/10/08, Pete Self <self.pete wrote:

 

Pete Self <self.pete

Re: Barb -Pete's Soy Milk Recipe

 

Monday, November 10, 2008, 9:54 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm happy to post how I make mine - I have no idea if it is 'the right way' or

not.  It's just what I do and have found that it allows for the best taste.

 

This is for 1/2 gallon.

 

PREP:

 

1 cup of rinsed organic soy beans

Place beans in quart mason jar

Fill jar with filtered water, swirl around

Let soak for at least overnight and up to 2 days in fridge

I change the water after 24 hours

 

MAKING THE SOY:

 

Rinse soaked beans

Place soaked beans in a large bowl in sink

Cover with hot tap water for a couple minutes

Rub beans between your hands gently.

This releases the outer 'skins' of the beans

Run water and swirl the beans around,

the skins that float to the top can be swirled

out of the bowl.  I believe removing as many of these

as possible makes the milk taste better, less beany taste

Drain all the water from the beans.

You should have about 2-21/2 cups now of soaked beans

Boil 3 quarts of filtered water

Place 1 cup of soaked beans in a blender.

Remove the center of your blender lid

Pour 4 cups of boiling water into the blender

Put lid on without the center

Place towel over that center hole

blend on high for about 45 seconds to 1 minute

Pour mixture from blender into a fine mesh strainer

or colander lined with cheese cloth over a large pan.

Do your next batch the same way with the rest of the beans

Wrap the towel into a ball and squeeze the remaining milk

from the beans.  I usually wait a couple minutes after the last batch

allowing it to cool a bit.

 

COOKING:

 

Bring strained milk to a boil stirring constantly

Soy milk burns easily and boils over in a blink, so don't leave it

Add a teaspoon of salt and 1/4 cup of cane sugar or 4 T of Agave

Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook for 20 minutes

stirring every couple of minutes.

You can add a little vanilla if you'd like at the last minute.

Allow to cool a little and put your milk into glass container (i use mason jars

for everything)

 

Use remaining water to clean your blender and your pan.

 

Save the solids from your cheese cloth or towel (okara).  You can make all kinds

of stuff with the okara... i usually make into unflavored patties and bake it

for a half hour at 300 F, then freeze it, so I can take out a couple patties aas

needed to make burgers, put in veggies or soup, etc.

 

Cost of beans, about 50 cents, time about 30 minutes and the best soy milk

you'll ever drink.

 

It keeps in the fridge for about 5 days then starts to sour but you can still

use it to bake with for up to 10 days or so (like buttermilk

 

Mine doesn't last that long because I drink it or make yogurt or tofu

 

Have fun,

Pete

 

-- On Tue, 11/11/08, Barb <tigger_twins@ > wrote:

Barb <tigger_twins@ >

Re: [vegetarian_ group] Soy Beans prep question

 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 1:34 AM

 

I have never made my own soy milk but would like to try.  Can  you put your

recipe on.

 

 Barb