hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy Free I am Larisha and today we are
going to be talking about almond milk.
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so sometimes it might be hard to find almond milk or
sometimes maybe you just want to control whatever is actually in your almond milk
and so we are going to show you just how easy it is to make almond milk from
scratch in fact you only need two ingredients all you need is some raw
almonds and some water and well that is all you need to make a basic almond milk
y'all know we don't really do basic around here and so not only are we going
to show you how to do that version which is basically an unsweetened almond milk
that is not flavored we will also be showing you how to do a vanilla flavored
almond milk a sweetened vanilla almond milk as well as chocolate and strawberry
almond milk I think I got all of them and oh yeah once you make the almond
milk you are going to be left with some almond pulp and we are all about some
zero-waste stuff around here so we are going to show you how to turn that into
some almond flour and give you some ideas of what you can do with it so
enough talking let's show you how to do everything
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I bet the only reason they call it almond milk is because nobody can say nut juice
with a straight face (beep sound)
okay so the first thing that you are going to do is soak
your almonds the easiest way to do this is throw them in a covered bowl in the
fridge overnight with water and salt if you're adding if you are someone who
wants to prep in advance you could even leave them soaking for a day or two the
longer you are able to soak the almonds the creamier your almond milk will be
you want to use raw unsalted almonds to make almond milk nothing roasted or
flavored or your milk will taste like that and I don't know about you but I
don't want spiced sriracha flavored milk but you do you. however if you want
them quicker then you can just boil some water and then pour the boiling water
over them wait for an hour or two and then proceed with the recipe
also we love a good zero-waste recipe but please make sure that you discard the
soaking water from the almonds after soaking almonds it contains phytic acid
and consuming that could reduce your absorption of other minerals so please
just toss it there's plenty of zero waste ideas in this recipe
once you have soaked your almonds it's time to make your milk we are adding
this to our Vitamix but any blender will work you may just need to keep it going
longer you're going to pour in your soaked almonds first quick tip you can
totally double or triple this recipe when it comes to soaking your almonds
however we recommend only processing one cup of soaked almonds at a time because
most blenders can't hold enough water speaking of water you're going to pour
that in next we do 4 cups of water for a thicker creamier almond milk but you can
add up to 5 cups if you want this to go a little further you're going to blend
the almonds and water until you just see tiny pieces of almonds and no more big
pieces it will take a good 3 to 5 minutes to get to that point depending
on your blender once you have done that you have made a delicious homemade
almond milk that will taste better than anything store-bought be proud of
yourself you did that now let's show you how to get it out of the blender so you
can drink it
next up we are going to strain our almond milk into a bowl we
are using a nut milk bag that we will link below we are going to fold it over
so that it opens up more we have found this is easier to pour this way because
it gives a bigger opening however if you don't have a nut milk bag you can use a
thin kitchen towel you are going to pour your almond milk from your blender into
your bag. take your time and pour slowly once all of your almond milk is in the
bag you are going to pull up the sides and then pull up a seat because you want
to make sure that you really take your time and squeeze as much liquid out of
the bag as possible I know it may sound nuts but it's going to take a bit of
time to do this you knew that pun was going to come in somewhere didn't you
what you are doing here is squeezing all the actual almond milk away from the
almond pulp that is going to be left behind you want as much liquid strained
from the pulp as possible because we're going to be using it for something else
one quick tip the longer you sew your almonds before making the milk the
less pulp you will have at the end because the longer you soak the more
liquid you can strain this just affects how much almond flour you are going to
be left with in the next part that we're going to show you let's do it
alright it's time to use that almond pulp you just saw we love a good zero waste
recipe and making your own milk at home is a great way to get a little more bang
for your buck we are going to turn this pulp into almond flour almond flour can
be expensive so being able to make it from this is an awesome benefit on a
parchment-lined baking sheet you are going to crumble the pulp as small as
you can get it don't worry about little small clumps but the smaller you can get
it the less time it will take and then you are going to bake it at 200 degrees
for two hours flipping every 30 minutes or so
once it's done you are going to add it to a food processor or a high speed
blender make sure it's not wet on the inside or your flour will just clump and
you'll be big mad process this until it's fine just like flour it will take a
few minutes to do this each cup of almonds in the beginning will yield you
approximately half to 3/4 cups of almond flour you can store this in an airtight
container for up to three months or use it right away in a recipe you choose use
it wherever you see a recipe call for almond flour
while the pulp is baking
you can make any of the flavors that you want or leave it as is as is is
equivalent to an unsweetened unflavored almond milk if you want it sweetened
just add some vegan sugar or maple syrup to it while you are blending it at the
beginning and the same if you want vanilla flavored milk however if you
want some strawberry almond milk you can add strawberries water and sugar to a
pot and reduce it down to a syrup mashing those strawberries against the
side of the pot to really get all the juice out cook it down until the liquid
has been reduced by about half and then you're going to strain the liquid from
the strawberry pulp use a spoon and really push down as much liquid as
possible you want to be left with a thick pulp but don't throw away that
pulp throw it in some muffins that you happen to be making or put it on top of
pancakes it's really delicious just a note you could do this with
berries or raspberries too if you wanted a different and uncommon flavored milk
the syrup can also be used on other desserts to try drizzling it over some
cheesecake or even some vegan ice cream then we have our chocolate almond milk
who doesn't love chocolate mmm chocolate you're going to add sugar chocolate
powder and water to a bowl and stir together again reducing this over heat
by about half we also add a little powdered sugar to thicken it up a bit
make sure you whisk well to avoid any clumps and then your chocolate syrup is
ready you can either pour all of this into your milk and blend together or we
like to add a little bit to each cup at a time so that not all the almond milk
is one flavor just a note about pouring the milk into a container when ready use
something with a spout we use this clear Bowl to show more about squeezing from
the nut milk bag earlier in the video but clearly it wasn't the best choice
even pouring back into a clean blender would have been a bigger opening for us
to move the milk into a jug to store speaking of storing once done put this
in the fridge to cool and it will last three to five days also once I put into
the fridge I like to start soaking another batch of almonds to keep the
process going so that by the time we finish this my soaked almonds are ready
to go for the next batch while this video really goes into detail about
everything it really only takes five minutes to make the unsweetened or
sweetened versions and 15 minutes or so to make the chocolate or strawberry
flavors thank you so much for watching we truly appreciate all your support we
would love if you could give this video a like a share and definitely make sure
to comment down below with what flavor you try first or tell us what video you
want to see next also let us know what dairy-free milk you think we should make
next
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I'm not a cow but I make milk
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I bet the (laughing)
what did the peanuts say when the almond started to pick a fight I'm a cashew
outside
(laughing)
I thought about going on an all almond diet but that's just nuts
I thought about going on an almond diet (Voice in background: Ohhhhh, what's this, what's this) but I (Voice:is this corny joke time)
Shut up. (Voice: let me get some). No! (Voice:Come on let me get some) Oh, come on. (Voice:YEAHHHHHHH). Noooo.
Yeah, let me get some. Let me get some
got my almonds here to. huh. all right let me see
all right hold on here it is so I like to show women my big bag of almonds
because I like when they compliment my nut sack
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hold on hold on.I got another one. I got another one. Let's see
um so what was what was all the almonds doing all the summer huh
nuttin. (laughing)
one more one more I got one more hold on let me get my almond
one more
let me get this one
oh man oh my god just stepped on a almond.
I think I just busted a nut (laughs)
oh my god you gotta go you gotta go there I go sorry