How to Make Almond Milk {step-by-step photos} |
Author: Janelle
Enjoy nutritious homemade almond milk at home with this simple recipe.
- 1 cup of raw almonds
- 4 cups filtered or bottled water
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract, optional
- First, place raw almonds in a bowl and cover with water. Leave to sit (uncovered) overnight or for about 8 hours. This is a very important part of the process because the almonds are softened and much easier to blend after they are soaked.
- Drain the almonds and add to the blender, along with the fresh, bottled water.
- Blend on high speed for 2 minutes. It will look like this when finished.
- Now, it’s time to strain the mixture. Place a fine sieve over a large bowl.
- Pour the mixture through the sieve (until it almost fills to the top) and push the almond pulp through the sieve using a spatula until all of the “milk” comes through. Depending on the size of your sieve, you will need to do this a couple times since the sieve can only hold so much mixture.
- You will be left with almond pulp, which you can save to make some nutritious homemade almond flour (simply place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake at the lowest possible temperature (about 200 F is usually ok) for 2-4 hours, or until the flour is dry). If you don’t feel like making the almond flour right away, you can freeze the pulp until you are ready.
- Carefully pour the strained milk into a jar or bottle.
- Store in refrigerator and use within 5-7 days.
Recipe by the chic brûlée at https://thechicbrulee.com/2019/09/11/how-to-make-almond-milk-step-by-step-photos/
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