Sekai no Shokutaku
Skyr with berries

Iceland / Breakfast

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Skyr with berries

Home-made skyr, the Icelandic cultured dairy, strained thick, with bilberries.

Ingredients

ServingsServes 6Original: Serves 6
  • Skimmed milk4 l
  • Skyr or yoghurt as starter100 g
  • Rennet2 pinches
  • Bilberries400 g
  • Cream, to serve150 ml
  • Sugar60 g
  • Rolled oats, to serve100 g

Method 7 steps

  1. Heat the milk to 85 °C, stirring, and hold it ten minutes without letting it boil.

  2. Cool the milk to 40 °C by standing the pot in cold water.

  3. Slacken the starter with a ladle of the warm milk and stir it back into the pot.

  4. Add the rennet, stir for a few seconds and cover the pot.

  5. Leave it somewhere warm for twelve hours, until the mass sets into a firm curd.

  6. Turn the curd into a cloth and hang it over a bowl for six hours to drain the whey.

  7. Whisk the skyr smooth and serve it with bilberries, cream and oats.