Making Coconut Milk

[SundayCrepes]

I have eliminated almost every  source of BPA (that I know of) from our diet. (By eliminating plastics and canned goods.) The only remaining source is coconut milk. Being a dairy free household, coconut milk is essential in many recipes. I would like to make my own coconut milk, but am not sure how it would turn out. Does homemade get the really great cream you get in canned? I could use homemade for soups, smoothies, gravy, etc. I'm just wondering about the cream.

I am aware Native Forest makes a BPA free can. I have emailed them to find out what chemical they use in place of it. I don't want to substitute one bad chemical for another. At a local oriental market I found some in a box, but it had carageenan and I avoid that.

Anyone here made coconut milk and know about getting cream? What's your recipe if you have?

Thanks

I'll cross-post in the veggie forum as well.

[ahimsamom]

Good for you for going BPA free! It can be difficult but the sacrifice is worth it. I was wondering about the BPA free cans too..Eden Organics claims that their can is BPA free, but I heard Mike Adams say on Wednesday that no cans are BPA free, even if they claim to be. I will try to find the link to that and his evidence backing up that claim.

I used to buy organic coconut dream in a box, but I am pretty sure it has a BPA lining.

As for the coconut milk, here is the recipe I use (It is pretty much the same as making your standard nutmilk):

1 cup young coconut meat cut into small chunks

3 cups water

1) In blender, combine water with some of the coconut meat

2) Bring up to speed and gradually add more chunks of coconut meat until all the meat becomes well pulverized

3) Stop adding chunks when the mixture reaches your desired consistency or when it becomes too thick for your blender to pulverize.

4) Strain through a nutmilk bag and sweeten to taste

I have never tried to make cream, but I have make almond and cashew cream before...I just used less water.

Hope that helps!

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by ahimsamom 

Good for you for going BPA free! It can be difficult but the sacrifice is worth it. I was wondering about the BPA free cans too..Eden Organics claims that their can is BPA free, but I heard Mike Adams say on Wednesday that no cans are BPA free, even if they claim to be. I will try to find the link to that and his evidence backing up that claim.

I used to buy organic coconut dream in a box, but I am pretty sure it has a BPA lining.

As for the coconut milk, here is the recipe I use (It is pretty much the same as making your standard nutmilk):

1 cup young coconut meat cut into small chunks

3 cups water

1) In blender, combine water with some of the coconut meat

2) Bring up to speed and gradually add more chunks of coconut meat until all the meat becomes well pulverized

3) Stop adding chunks when the mixture reaches your desired consistency or when it becomes too thick for your blender to pulverize.

4) Strain through a nutmilk bag and sweeten to taste

I have never tried to make cream, but I have make almond and cashew cream before...I just used less water.

Hope that helps!

Thanks. I'd love that link. Are boxes of non-dairy milks lined with BPA as well?