This was such a wonderful treat and it only required four ingredients: Yogurt, frozen cherries, sugar and vanilla.
First we strained one quart of homemade yogurt. We made this yogurt using a cooler and quart sized mason jars. We strained the yogurt using a mesh strainer lined in coffee filters.
We let the yogurt strain overnight until it was the consistency of cream cheese. Usually straining yogurt for about 8 hours is enough to make it about like greek yogurt, if you want to make yogurt cheese you need to strain it for about 12-14 hours.
Next, we put about 3 cups of frozen cherries and 1/2 cup of sugar in the food processor. You could add more sugar if you like it sweeter, but I don’t recommend trying to make your fro-yo taste like ice cream. We love (it’s grown on us) the refreshing taste of tart frozen yogurt.
You don’t have to blend the cherries and sugar for long, just about 1 or 2 minutes.
Then you just add the puree to the strained yogurt and mix it all up in an ice cream machine.
This frozen yogurt was really thick and I had to mix it by hand for awhile.
This was a great treat to cool down and the kids loved it, even though it didn’t have a bunch of sugar in it.
