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By Jill Dupleix
Published 1998
There is nothing in the world like fresh, rich coconut cream, with its plump, velvety texture and slightly fatty, rich, virginal taste. Especially not the canned stuff.
Buy a coconut that feels heavy in the hand. Hold the coconut in one hand over a bowl to catch the juices. Crack it open by smacking it, around its circumference, with the back of a heavy Chinese cleaver. Catch the juices in the bowl and save for drinking later. Grate the meat with the sharp prongs of a coconut grater, known as a ‘rabbit’, or continue cracking the shell of the coconut and loosen