How to make Coconut Milk at home

I prefer to make my own coconut milk, and trust me it is sooooooooooo much nicer than anything you have ever tasted out of a can, especially freshly made.  I love to use freshly made coconut milk in cauliflower norridge, caramel custard and coconut yogurt.  I make mine in a Thermochef but if you don’t have to have one of these thermo contraptions you could also use a food processor.  This is how I make mine.

How to make Coconut Milk

What you need:

2 cups shredded coconut

2 3/4 cups of boiling water

Thermomix or blender

strainer

large jug

nut straining bag

Method:

Put 2 cups shredded coconut into your thermo cooker or blender

Blitz for a few seconds to grind up the shredded coconut to resemble desiccated coconut.  It’s important that you don’t do this for too long otherwise you will have the start of coconut butter!

Poor  in boiling water

Mix on speed 5 for 2 minutes and let cool for about 2 hours

Mix on speed 5 again for 2 minutes

Poor mixture into a nut bag over a jug and squeeze

I sit the nut bag in a strainer over my jug to make it easier

You can use the wet pulp in recipes that call for coconut flour, alternatively you can dehydrate it and grind it up as coconut flour.