Fresh Almond Milk |
Almond Milk
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup raw almonds
- 3 cups water, divided
(That's it?! Yup, that's it!)
Directions
- In a small pot, bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Add the almonds and boil for 3 minutes.
- Drain using a mesh strainer.
- Pour the almonds on a plate and let them cool slightly.
- When the almonds are cool enough to touch, remove the almonds from their skin. This is very easy, the almonds will pop right out. Naked almonds!
- In a blender, add 2 cups of water and the naked almonds. Blend until a creamy consistancy forms. Depending on how creamy you prefer your almond milk, you may need to add more or less water or almonds. It's your preference though!
- Hold a mesh strainer over a bowl and strain the almond milk. A lovely result - fresh almond milk in your bowl and "pulp" in your mesh strainer, which can be used in desserts, such as raw chocolate chip cookies! Store the almond milk in a jar/pitcher/plastic bottle and keep refrigerated. Keep the pulp refrigerated until ready to use. You may notice the almond milk separates a bit while sitting in the fridge - no worries! Just shake it up before using.
Very cool! I've never tried to blanch almonds. But I've seen recipes that call for them. I always just put raw ones in, but now that I know it is easy maybe I'll try blanching! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! We're still on the search for the *perfect* almond milk recipe, too. And I love your photo collage! :)