never, even when i was a little girl and my sister could guzzle a gallon a week, was i a sit-down-with-a-glass-of-milk girl. i could take it in my cereal, and i enjoyed it in hot drinks, but sipping a glass of milk wasn’t a craving i experienced. now, once i tried raw milk, that was another story. and now that i’ve tasted this recipe, drinking a cold glass of brazil nut milk while reading a book and listening to instrumental folk music, that is a craving i can say i now know.
this recipe comes from choosing raw; i simply doubled her recipe, although i found recipes aplenty that were similar; some that use as little as half the amount of water, which i wasn’t sure would be as creamy.
since i can’t drink a glass while typing (we’ve already been through ours today, seriously), let’s just look at the pretty pictures. k? (and how my children dislike when i use “k?” as a word. not. okay.)
i’ve been reviewing a great book called Juice: Recipes for Juicing, Cleansing, and Living Well, and their almond milk recipe reminds me that soaking nuts helps make them more easily digestible; next i plan to try their recipe, which calls for a 4/1 water to nuts ratio.
Ingredients
- 2 cups brazil nuts
- 6-8 cups filtered water
- 8 pitted dates
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 2 teaspoons good quality vanilla extract
- For chocolate brazil nut milk:
- 4 tablespoons raw cacao powder or cocoa powder
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until completely smooth.
- Strain "milk" through a nut milk bag or press gently over a fine mesh strainer in batches.
- (We doubled the original recipe and strained in three batches.)
- If desired, strain the nut milk and use to create a raw baked good such as grain-free cookies or tart crust.
- Store strained milk in a tightly sealed container for up to one week (shake gently before pouring).
- For chocolate brazil nut milk:
- Add 4 tablespoons cocoa powder to blender with all ingredients before blending.
- If desired, dust chocolate milk with additional cacao or cocoa powder before serving.
what’s your favorite indulgent drink? do share. 🙂
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