A friend of mine gave me this recipe saying it was far better than any store bought milk you can buy. He was absolutely right! I adapted the recipe to have more calories for my calorie-deprived son.
Original:
1 cup unsalted, uncooked almonds
6-8 dates
6 cups water
Instructions:
Blend almonds and 3 cups water. Add remaining ingredients. Then add three more cups water. Strain through cheesecloth.
And it's that simple! One small problem is that most blenders can't handle these proportions. I usually cut the recipe in half and do it twice to get the requisite amount of almondmilk.
My adaptation:
1 cup unsalted, uncooked almonds
6-8 dates
5 cups water
1/4 c sugar
Next time I think I will add 1/2 tsp vanilla and perhaps a tough of oil to increase the calories.
Instructions:
Blend almonds and 1 cups water. Add dates and 1/2 cup water. Blend. Add dates, sugar, and vanilla and add liquid a little at a time. Strain through a fine strainer or cheesecloth. The milk is very foamy so I actually poured it into one of those gravy separators first:
That helped keep the foam from blocking the strainer completely.
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