Almond Milk
Ingredients and Equipment
1/3 Cup Raw Organic Almonds
2 Cups Water
A pot
A blender
A mesh strainer... And that’s it!
Quick Method
Step 1 - Soak almonds in water for at least 6 hours or overnight
Step 2 - Blend with the 2 cups of water
Step 3 - Strain with a nut bag, strainer or cheesecloth
Soak the almonds overnight in some water so all the almonds are covered.
Optional - Blanching The Almonds
NOTE: THE ALMOND MILK WILL NOT BE RAW
Many people blanch the almonds as some people find the skins of the nuts will give a slightly bitter, strong taste to the finished almond milk. Bring about 1 cup of water to a boil in your pot. Drop in your almonds. Let them boil for about 3 minutes and then pour everything through your metal mesh strainer so that the water pours out and you’re left with just the almonds. Pour the almonds out onto a plate and let them rest for a few minutes until they are cool enough to touch with your hands.
Once the almonds have cooled a bit, simply rub off their papery skins and discard the skins.
Optional - Blanching The Almonds
NOTE: THE ALMOND MILK WILL NOT BE RAW
Many people blanch the almonds as some people find the skins of the nuts will give a slightly bitter, strong taste to the finished almond milk. Bring about 1 cup of water to a boil in your pot. Drop in your almonds. Let them boil for about 3 minutes and then pour everything through your metal mesh strainer so that the water pours out and you’re left with just the almonds. Pour the almonds out onto a plate and let them rest for a few minutes until they are cool enough to touch with your hands.
Once the almonds have cooled a bit, simply rub off their papery skins and discard the skins.
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| Skinning the blanched almonds |
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| Blanched and skin off |
Put the almonds (blanched or unblanched) and 2 cups of fresh water into your electric blender. (Make sure you put the lid on!) Blend until you’ve crushed as many of the nuts as you can and the milk is creamy white and thick. You may have to stop and start the blender, picking it up off the base and shaking it from time to time, as the nuts can get stuck under the blades. You want to note here that if you use more water/less water or more nuts/less nuts, you can control the exact creaminess of the milk. You could also add a couple of pitted dates or a drizzle maple syrup to your liking here to add some sweetness and flavour :)
Straining The Almond Milk
Mum's smoothie machine has a nut milk strainer and a little tap which is perfect for this! However you can hold a metal mesh strainer over a receptacle – a jar, a bowl or wide-mouthed container of some kind, simply pour the milk through the strainer. Set the pulverized nuts aside. You can strain the milk twice if you want to be sure you’ve gotten out all of the little particles of nuts, but we only strain once. There are nut milk bags and other devices for straining nut milks, but any fine-gauge mesh strainer seems to do the job just fine. And that’s it. You now have homemade almond milk, it could hardly be easier to make!
Mum's smoothie machine has a nut milk strainer and a little tap which is perfect for this! However you can hold a metal mesh strainer over a receptacle – a jar, a bowl or wide-mouthed container of some kind, simply pour the milk through the strainer. Set the pulverized nuts aside. You can strain the milk twice if you want to be sure you’ve gotten out all of the little particles of nuts, but we only strain once. There are nut milk bags and other devices for straining nut milks, but any fine-gauge mesh strainer seems to do the job just fine. And that’s it. You now have homemade almond milk, it could hardly be easier to make!
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| Almond Milk :) |
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