Coconut milk is a milky-white sweet base, derived from the pulp of coconut. One of the most popular misconceptions is that coconut milk is supposedly a liquid that is inside the coconut itself. It's enough to just make a hole in the shell, insert a tube and please drink milk! In fact, it's much harder to get a white, thick sweet liquid, similar to cow's milk, from coconut, but it's worth it to try a little. Coconut milk does not contain lactose, calcium and casein, so it is ideal for people who are allergic to these foods. Let's try and we at home to try to make coconut milk, and enjoy its gentle and amazing taste.
Recipe for coconut milk
Ingredients:
- coconut pulp - 400 g;
- water - 4 items;
- honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
How to cook coconut milk? So, take a ripe fresh coconut, carefully cut it, take out the flesh and rub it on a small grater. If you do not have coconut, you can buy ready-made coconut shavings, but the milk will turn out to be less saturated and fat. Then fill the chips with cold water and leave for about 2 hours. During this time, the shavings should properly swell and be saturated with water. Then add vanilla to the bowl to taste and pour in melted honey beforehand. Mix everything and transfer it neatly into the blender bowl. We grind for 30 seconds before obtaining a homogeneous mass at high speed. Then filter the liquid through a fine sieve. The remaining coconut shaving is not thrown away, because from it you can prepare another portion of milk. Or, you can dry it in the oven and put it in a bag for adding to the baking. Ready coconut milk is poured into a plastic jar, closed with a lid and put in the refrigerator. You can store such milk for a maximum of two days, you can even freeze it, then it will last longer.
Before using coconut milk, let him stand at room temperature for a while to settle the cream. And what can you do with coconut milk? You can, of course, drink it in its pure form, it's very tasty, you can try to cook dishes with coconut milk , for example, Thai soup with coconut milk . And you can mix various cocktails from it. How? Yes, everything is very simple!
Cocktail of coconut milk
Ingredients:
- coconut milk - 300 ml;
- blueberry - 0, 5 items;
- cherry seedless - 0, 5 items;
- blueberries - 0, 5 items;
- sugar - to taste;
- fresh pineapple - for decoration.
Preparation
In a deep bowl, pour coconut milk, add frozen cherries without seeds, blueberries and blueberries. We put sugar to taste and mix it well with a blender until smooth. Then pour the cocktail on high glass glasses, put ice cubes and decorate with fresh pineapple slices. It will add a touch of sour, fresh notes!
Alcoholic cocktail with coconut milk
Ingredients:
- banana - 1 piece;
- mango - 2 pieces;
- coconut milk - 400 ml;
- lemon peel;
- lemon juice - to taste;
- seeds of cardamom - 1 teaspoon;
- black ground pepper - for decoration;
- liqueur - 50 ml.
Preparation
Banana peeled and finely chopped. Mango is also cleaned, we take out a bone gently and crush the pulp. Next, put the prepared fruit food processor or blender, add coconut milk, liqueur, lemon zest, juice, spices and whisk everything to a homogeneous state so that no pieces remain. We pour into beautiful glasses and serve a cocktail to the table.