Zoe Nathan

Almond Milk

Preparation info
  • Makes

    3 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Huckleberry: Stories, Secrets, and Recipes from Our Kitchen
Huckleberry

By Zoe Nathan

Published 2014

  • About

Josh loves to make shakes with almond milk in the morning, we put it in our coffee and tea, we use it to make oatmeal, and we love to make hot chocolate with it as well. You can use it anywhere you would think to use regular milk. I strongly recommend raw whole almonds with the skins on because they give it a much richer flavor.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup/100 g raw almonds, whole, skin on
  • 4 dates, pitted

Method

  1. Combine the almonds, dates, and 1 cup/240 ml cold water. Refrigerate overnight.
  2. Strain the mixture, discarding the water.
  3. If using the vanilla bean, split lengthwise and scrape the seeds into a blender. Set the scraped pod aside. Add the almond mixture, s