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NUT MILK

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Ingredients

 

1 Cup nuts

4 Cups water

 

You can use whatever nut you like, I use blanched almonds because after I have made my milk I then have almond meal to use in my baking. This would apply to whatever nut you were to use.

Soak you nut for at least 1 hour, I tend to soak mine overnight. By soaking the nuts you are removing the enzyme inhibiters and making them more digestible.

 

Rinse the nuts well and place them in the Thermomix with the fresh water.

Blend for 30 sec / speed 8 or 9.  Allow the milk to settle for about 1 min and repeat the process.

Pore your milk into a jug through a nut milk bag or cheese cloth to catch the meal this way you won’t have chunky milk and you also have meal to use in your baking.

Don’t have a Thermomix but you do have a good quality food processor. Just apply the same principles.

COCONUT MILK / CREAM

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Ingredients

100g organic shredded coconut

1200g water

 

# Place all the ingredients into the Thermomix bowl and cook on 100 deg / 8 min / speed 4

# Blend for 30 sec / speed 8.

# Pour your mixture through a nut milk bag placed into jug to catch the coconut.

# Squeeze out all the liquid from the nut milk bag. You may find using a pair of clean kitchen gloves handy as the coconut is hot.

 

Place you coconut milk in the fridge to cool. I leave mine overnight and then scrape the coconut cream of the top.

 

For those who don’t have a Thermomix I’ve been thinking of a way that you can make your own coconut milk. I haven’t tried it myself so any feedback would be great.

I was thinking you could put the same amount of ingredients into a wok with a lid or a sauce pan with a lid and heat on your stove till it comes to the boil. Then carefully pour the mixture into your blender and blend. Hope this helps you out.