Cuisipro Donvier Yogurt Cheese Maker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisipro Donvier Yogurt Cheese Maker
Customer Review: Donvier ygurt cheese maker
Summary: 5 Stars
After I make the yogurt it's not as firm as I like it.
so by putting the yogurt in the cheese maker for as little as 2 hours, it firms it up to a nice creamy consistancy, and takes the tangy flavor out too.
Customer Review: Easy Yogurt Cheese
Summary: 5 Stars
I ran across this Yogurt Cheesemaker on Amazon while doing some research for Greek yogurt and recipes for Tzatziki Sauce. I found a link to this item at one of the websites I was visiting. I was impressed by the mostly favorable reviews and decided since I am a big yogurt lover to give it a try.
Two of the biggest complaints I read about this, is that it isn't large enough for a large sized container of yogurt and that it is hard to clean. I am not sure what the basis is for these complaints. I can easily put a large sized container of full yogurt into mine. True, it fills it to the top, another inch might be nice, but I just place the top on loosely and pop it in the fridge. By the next morning a lot of the whey is already drained and your once filled to the top cheese maker will now be well below the top. If you leave it draining in the fridge for several days you will be amazed at how little yogurt you have after draining off the whey. What you have left is a very thick yogurt base which can be used for so many delicious recipes. I like Tzatziki Sauce for dipping bread and vegetables into. The cheese maker comes with some recipe ideas, my favorite is the lemon cream. Very tasty and easy to make. I made a lime version which was good. Tried the bananna cheese cake, which was ok...tasted like healthy cheese cake, but being a real cheese cake lover, it was a poor substitute. Give me a real slice of cheese cake!
As far as the hard to clean complaints...??? I don't know, I just scrape the yogurt out with a spatuala into a container or bowl if I am being creative right at the moment. Give it a rinse under hot water and set it aside to dry. It's no harder to clean than a cake mix bowl.
I have been using store brand plain yogurt for my yogurt cheese which has worked fine.
The price seems a bit high for what you get, basically a tupperware type container with a screened insert, but it seems well made. If it was cheaper I would buy several as they would be perfect for storing berries or cherry tomatoes in your fridge. Maybe add it to your ""wish list" and wait for it to go on sale or as an add on for a free shipping offer..
I have enjoyed mine, I would recommend this item to anyone who loves yogurt and wants to create better sauces and dips with it.
Customer Review: Easy and No Mess
Summary: 5 Stars
Cuisipro Donvier Yogurt Cheese Maker
What a great gadget, there is no mess and so esay to use. Can't beat it. I love how the strainer just lifts out, using a coffee filter was always so messy for me.
Customer Review: Easy item
Summary: 5 Stars
In the past, I've used cheesecloth to take the whey out of yogurt, this product makes it easier. Thick yogurt is used for many sauces, also for coating items such as lamb before roasting in an oven. The cheesecloth method is messy, and you also have to worry about the yogurt picking up odors and flavors from your fridge. The tupperware type container eliminates that problem.This is a great product.
Peter Psyllos, Executive Chef, Culinary Educator
Customer Review: Easy to use
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this to separate my organic whole yogurt so I could use the whey to make beet kvass and use the cream cheese instead of sour cream and mayo. This works pretty good as far as ease of use and does a pretty good job of separating the yogurt. They only problem is that it is just a tiny bit too small to pour in the large yogurt I use all at once and also the screen sits too low in the outside container so some of the creamy part gets mixed into the whey, which I don't like. Also, the screen isn't as fine as I would like. I have found a work around for this by only pouring in just a small amount of yogurt first and emptying out the first bit of milky whey (not the candy bar!). Then I pour in the remaining amount and most of it is solid enough so that it separates nicely. I also empty out the whey periodically so the yogurt doesn't 'sit' in the whey in the container. I have used the whey when there is some "cream" in it, but I prefer not to so this works for me. It would be better if the container was deeper so the screen doesn't sit in the whey (which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5), but I would still recommend this product. I have not had a problem with the screen rusting as some others have, but my friend (who I purchased one for) did have that issue. Maybe it's because I only use filtered water on it when I wash it and dry it completely afterward.