Almond Milk (Almond Drink Base)

Sharon123's Note:

You can make this at home, it's easy and heart healthy! It makes a geat base for smoothies and sauces. Nuts are used prolifically in Africa and Asia.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 cups

• 1 cup almonds (you may blanch to remove skins if you like)
• 3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon honey (or agave syrup or maple syrup)

Directions:

1. Add ingredients to blender. Process at low speed for 1 minute, and 3 minutes at high speed until smooth. Strain the mixture through cheese cloth to remove remaining solids.
2. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

Delicious! Creamy!! I used unblanched almonds and a bit extra honey per preference. I could almost drink it on it's own, we try to be dairy free. I will make this again most probably. UPDATE: made it vegan too with date syrup (dibis) it was good as well but I added a lot more than the 1 tsp. I think I slightly prefer it with the honey as per preference I will make this often both ways!

[canthelpmyself]

I made this tonight and it was lovely. I used maple syrup instead of honey and halved the recipe. There was a lot of solids left over and I didn't know what to do with them but I spread them out on muslin and left them dry out to use in baking etc. I don't think that the nutritional value is correct either because you are not using all the almond, most of it it strained before drinking. Thank you for posting. update....I've also used agave nectar which I think tastes like fairy floss. and it's great for banana smoothies.

[Annisette]

This was delicious!! Quick to make, as well. Thanks so much for posting! Made for the ZWT4 CAFE ZMAAK Gypsies team.