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Nutty Milkshakes

Wednesday Nov 14, 2007

Make the nut milk as described in the previous posting and add any fresh juice you’d like. It is a refreshing and creamy drink. Here I am making macadamia nut milk with nectarine juice.

Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cups macadamia nuts
• 5 nectarines
• 3 cups water

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Don’t attach any Nozzle onto the drum cap.
• Place a bowl under the Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the produce.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep the machine running until finished.
• Then place the Juicing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Juicing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• You are now ready to make the juice needed.

Preparation instructions:
• soak the macadamias for 3 hours in warm water
• grind the nuts on notch 2 several times or until you have a very fine paste
• mix the paste with water and stir frequently, soak for ½ hour
• then pour the mixture onto the  sieve and squeeze it through a cheesecloth
• juice the nectarines
• mix the juice with the milk
• ready

Preparation time: 10 min
Yields: 2 glasses

Preparation hints:
Here are other combinations that taste absolutely:

Papaya Nut Milk Milkshake
• Make the nut milk with sunflower seeds as described above and add 1 papaya to it. Peal the
papaya and let it run through the guide using the mincing function, then stir the papaya paste and
nut milk together.

Sweet Potato Nut Milk
• Make the nut milk with brazil nuts as described above and add the juice of ½ sweet potato.
The sweet potato juice should be ½ cup of juice.

Frozen Nut Milk Smoothies• make 3 cups of nut milk as described above
• take 1 ½ cup frozen fruit of your choice
• let the frozen fruit run through the mincer
• stir the milk and the frozen sorbet together with a whisk
• ready

Frozen Strawberry Nut Milk Smoothie
• Take 1 ½ cups frozen strawberries and use hazelnuts to make the nut milk. Make the nut
milk smoothie as described above. Yum.


Nut Milk

Wednesday Nov 14, 2007

Nut milks can be made out of any nut or seed.  It is a very nutritional drink that can be used as a base to make ‘milkshakes’ or to be put into muesli. Its creamy consistency is remarkable. Here, I am using almond nut milk.

Ingredients:
• 1 ½ cups soaked almonds
• 3 cups of drinking water

Machine set up:
• First place the Living Juicer Mincing Strainer into the drum and onto the screw. Attach the drum cap onto the end of the drum by turning it counter clockwise until you feel it sits firmly. Then screw the Juicing Nozzle onto the drum cap turning it counter clockwise onto notch 2.
• Place your pitcher under the Pulp Discharge Outlet in order to catch the almond paste.
• Always be sure to start the machine before you enter anything into the Guide and keep themachine running until finished.

Preparation instructions:
• soak the almonds for 3 hours in warm water, preferably over night
• on notch 2, grind the almonds and then put the paste through another 3 times
• mix the almond paste with the water and stir well
• let the mixture stand for ½ an hour if possible
• then pour the mixture into the sieve
• get out all the liquid from the leftover by putting into cheesecloth and squeezing

Preparation time: 5 min
Yields: 2 glasses

Preparation hints:
It’s best to make this recipe in large quantities to save yourself time. You can keep the almond milk refrigerated for several days. If you like sweet milk, add honey or vanilla into the milk. I love almond milk on muesli for breakfast or as a base for ‘milkshakes’. The left over paste is very tasty and can be eaten or used for a crust recipe (see the Gourmet desert section). You can use any type of nut to make nut milk. The longer you soak the nut paste in the water, the stronger the flavor of the milk will be. You only need to do it for a half hour if you haven’t more time to wait. Nut milk tastes great with ice cubes.