Did you ever do your milk by yourself? No, so let me show you how to make nut milk at home with only two ingredients.
If you are vegan or are lactose intolerance, nut milk is an excellent alternative to cow milk.
Nowadays, there are already plenty of different alternative kinds of milk in the supermarket, but it does taste so much better if you do your nut milk at home. Not just for the fact that you know what’s inside, but also to feel proud of yourself to have something more in your cooking repertoire.
Now, let me show you how to make nut milk.
How to make Nut Milk – Homemade Hazelnut Milk
All you need is nuts, a nut bag, and a blender. Nutbags are a bit expensive, and you can’t buy them in every store. That’s why I used a laundry bag – you will find it in every supermarket. I bought mine in DM (my preferred drugstore in Germany), it comes with one small and one large bag for only 2 Euros ?. Use the small one for your milk and the larger one for your laundry. Make sure to wash it with some hot water before you are going to pour your nut milk trough it.
As you can store your homemade nut milk just for a few days in the fridge, it’s the best to drink it fast or make only little portions. If you do it a few times, you will see how easy it gets.
So let’s go to the recipe!
Soak the hazelnuts overnight in water
Squeeze and press all the hazelnut milk through a nut bag.
If you want to drink it like that or pour it into your coffee, I highly recommend that you are going to put your milk back to the blender, add following ingredients, blend it again and pour it into a glass bottle and store it in the fridge. Trust me, the taste will be much better ?
Basic Recipe for Hazelnut Milk
A basic recipe for homemade hazelnut milk using only two ingredients.
Method
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Put the hazelnuts into a glass jar with lid, cover with water and put the lid on. Soak them overnight in water.
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Rinse the hazelnuts, wash them with clean water and put them in a blender.
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Add 1-liter cold water and blend on high speed for a few minutes until smooth.
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Put the nut bag (or laundry bag) over a big pan and pour the mixture into the bag. Squeeze and press all the hazelnut milk through the nut bag till you get as much milk as possible.
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Pour your milk into a glass bottle and store it in your fridge up to a few days.
Ingredients – For a more tasteful and delicious hazelnut milk
- 1L hazelnut milk
- 40g coconut flower syrup
- 0.5 tbsp salt
- 0.5 tbsp bourbon vanilla
Make your favorite nut milk by changing the nuts
You can use the basic recipe for every kind of nuts. Try out these other variations or use your favorite nuts. The procedure always stays the same; you just have to change the nuts 🙂
Almond Milk
- 100g almonds
- 1 L cold water
Cashew Milk
- 100g cashew nuts
- 1 L cold water
Or try out one of these recipes using homemade nut milk
You could also use tights for separating the nuts! ?
What a wonderful idea Aleksandra ?