How would I make my own greek honey and walnut yoghurt?
If you want to make your Greek honey and walnut yogurt taste like the stuff you’d buy for breakfast in Corfu etc, you’ll not only need Greek (or Greek-style) yogurt but a very good, rich tasting honey. Cheap squeezy-bottle stuff isn’t going to do the job — it’s too mild. A true Athenian would say that it would have to be Greek honey; not only that but thyme honey from Mount Hymettos. But if you’re not serving it to a Greek beekeeper then… yes, you can substitute other honeys. Look for a rich (dark) coloured honey — these are the ones with the fuller tastes. It needs to be liquid honey (granulated/set honey will leave granules in the yogurt mix which you’ll feel on your tongue). I make my breakfast yogurt with late-summer honey from our bees. It’s a beautiful deep chestnut colour. As far as amounts: for a 500ml pot of yogurt, I add a good tablespoon of honey… (more like two, really, because the honey’s so sticky that I get a ‘heaped’ spoonful even though it’s a liquid) And I’d als
