This recipe uses only a few but important ingredients - and its so good. 🤩
Cooking Time | 10 minutes |
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Result | 1L Cashew Milk |
Glutenfree | ✅ |
The problem with all of the vegan Milk recipes out there is that they are just bad for coffee - not even thinking of foam. Most of them can be properly used for pudding or baking cakes - not for coffee though.
The most common mistake that people make is just wasting ingredients - no matter the type of plant milk. But in fact most people are simply trying to avoid buying the milk - it's often expensive and not plasticfree. So why not try to imitate the product from the industry?
Cashews are a good basis for milk since they already contain fat. But not enough to make for a good Barista Milk. That being said we need a neutral oil or vegan butter. Now the problem becomes very clear if you have ever put any kind of fat into water: the fat/oil separates from the water and the only thing you have is a water with floating fat.
But say no more! Soya Lecithin to the rescue. Soya Lecithin in combination with Fat and a thickener makes for the perfect milk structure and ensures the fat to the bound in the milk (and not float on the milk).
It sounds like a magic ingredient that you will not be able to access but actually Amazon provides a lot of options for soya lecithin granules. Just make sure it's actual soya lecithin and not some weird food supplement mixture. I have been using the following but you can use whatever floats your boat: BÄRBEL DREXEL® Soy lecithin
Prerequisites
- You need a strong Blender 💪🏾. It is easy to smush cashews with a cheap mixer but it won't help since you will just get some grainy milk and not get the full fat out of the Cashews.
- You need a nut milk bag e.g. the one from ecooe that I am currently using
Ingredients
- 1L Water
- A pinch of salt
- 50g Cashews
- 40ml Sunflower Oil or 30g vegan Butter
- 2-3tsp Soya Lecithin (this is very important! e.g. https://amzn.to/348b45X)
- 1/2tsp of Guar Gum 1
- 1tsp of Rice Syrup (or 1 date fruit)
1 As replacement for Guar Gum (which you normally get at any good organic shop) you could use 1/2tsp of Starch
Instructions
I would love to say: Just mix it alltogether - but that is not quite it.
- Soak the Cashews for 2 hours in water such that they are more "milky" at blend-time. However you can also skip this step if you need milk immediately (the result might not be as perfect)🥛
- Blend the Cashews with the water and the pinch of salt on the highest level for ~60 seconds.
- You need to filter out the last bits of grain with the Nut Milk Bag now
- Pour the filtered milk in blender and add the oil (or vegan butter), the Lecithin, the Guar Gum (or Starch) and the Rice Syrup (or date fruit)
- Mix it again for about ~60 seconds on the highest blender level (just make sure it does not get too warm)
- Done 🥛🍶😍
You should be able to create a good foam with this awesome milk and a frother.
Special
There is a way to make this even more tasty and more "slick": Instead of using raw Cashews you can use the soon-to-be-available Cashew Butter Recipe.