Incredible Tasting Coconut Milk!!!

Welcome to my kitchen!! I hope that you enjoy this video that I recently filmed in my home.
Coconut milk is not the liquid inside a coconut,although this liquid does make a satisfying drink. Rather, coconut milk is made by squeezing the grated flesh of a coconut with some hot water resulting in a rich white liquid that looks very much like cow's milk.
Fresh coconut milk, if not shaken, separates into two layers, with the thick(upper)layer being the coconut cream and the thinner(bottom)layer being the actual milk. The top layer can be skimmed off with a spoon and used for recipes requiring coconut cream (usually desserts) with the bottom layer being reserved for recipes specifying coconut milk.

This is a great alternative to cow or soy milk....

How to prepare coconut milk from fresh coconuts

1.Pierce the eyes of a fresh coconut, drain the liquid inside and place the coconut on a rack and bake in a 325 F pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes.
2.Remove the coconut from the oven, let it cool a bit and crack it, with a hammer so that the shell breaks into several pieces.
3.Remove all the coconut meat from the shell, peel off the brown skin and cut the meat into very small cubes.
4.Place the meat in a blender, add hot water to just cover all of the meat and blend until finely grated.
5.Have someone pour the mixture into a cheese cloth that you are holding over a bowl,squeeze handfuls of the coconut meat to extract as much liquid as possible into the bowl(I call this milking the coconut,I wear latex free gloves to do this).
6.Discard the squeezed coconut meat and refrigerate the coconut milk that has been extracted into the bowl. Refrigerate the milk and use within 1 or 2 days.

Preparing coconut milk from shredded organic coconut

1.Empty an 8 oz package of unsweetened organic shredded coconut into a blender and add 1 cup of boiling water.
2.Blend for about 30 seconds and allow the mixture to cool a bit.
3.Have someone pour the mixture into a cheese cloth that you are holding over a bowl,squeeze handfuls of the coconut mixture to extract as much liquid as possible into the bowl.
4.Discard the squeezed coconut meat and refrigerate the coconut milk that has been extracted into the bowl.
5.Refrigerate the milk and use within 1 or 2 days.

Click on the video below to view an authentic way of making your own coconut milk...very interesting.



This coconut milk recipe is great with the natural granola recipe that you will find on my recipe blog (February 2010, step by step video as well). You can also use it in other recipes or just drink a tall glass of wholesome goodness (for a treat you can add a tablespoon of organic cocoa powder).

This is truly nature's milkshake....

Enjoy!!!

Sylvie Thibert