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How to Make Almond Milk

Making your own is simpler than you think - by Lottie Dalziel
  • 19 Jul 2019
How to Make Almond Milk

Q: How to make almond milk?

A: Almond milk is simple and easy to make, although you need to soak the almonds overnight so be prepared. Once you’ve soaked and activated the almonds you simply, strain, rinse, blend and strain again to create your own at home.

Nutritional benefits of almond milk

The jury is still out on the nutritional benefits of almond milk. It is low in kilojoules and if you buy or make almond milk it contains no sugar but doctors are blaming the rise of nut mylks for the population's decline in calcium consumption. 

Whilst you can now buy almond milk in most major supermarkets it is also very easy to make your own at home.

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How to make your own at home:

What you’ll need:

  • 1 cup raw almonds
  • 3 cups water
  • Cheesecloth or straining bag
  • 1 Medjool date (optional)
  • 1 vanilla bean (optional)
  • Salt

Method:

1. Soak almonds in 1 cup of water for 8 hours or overnight with a pinch of salt.

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2. Place almonds and in a blender with two cups of water (add in vanilla and dates for a sweet touch). Blend on medium to high for three minutes. 

3. Using a sieve, cheesecloth or straining bag, drain the liquid from the blender. Give the pulp that the bag catches a good squeeze to remove any excess liquid. 

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4. Store milk in an airtight container in the fridge for three days. You can use the pulp as you would almond meal in baking in the next week.

Here’s one of our favourite recipes using almond milk:

Almond milk waffles with almond custard and strawberry salad

Serve this crowd-pleasing favourite and breeze through the summer entertaining season. It's fresh and dairy-free. Get the full recipe.

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Lottie Dalziel
Lottie Dalziel
Lottie Dalziel, is a 4AM riser and coffee-addict who lives and breathes all things food. When she isn't reading up on the latest trends in sustainability or discovering ways to upcycle almost anything, you can find her by the beach, cooking up a storm or adding to her abundant (some would say out of control) plant collection.

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