Coconut Cream © Denzil Green Coconut Cream is a thicker version of Coconut Milk. It is unsweetened, but heat treated, then packaged and sold in cans or cartons. Shake before opening. If you’re looking for a sweetened version to use in mixed drinks, you’re after Cream of Coconut. Coconut Cream is different from Creamed Coconut….
Coconuts
Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is a liquid made from water and coconut flesh. It is not, as most people might guess, from the water or juice drained out of a coconut. Instead, coconut milk is made by infusing water with grated coconut, just as almond milk is made by soaking ground almonds in water. It looks a…
Coconut Powder
Sometimes Desiccated Coconut is referred to as Coconut Powder by some manufacturers to mean dried, shredded coconut. Most often, though, Coconut Powder is meant to be a very fine powder, like a flour. It is made by evaporating coconut milk. To use, reconstitute in water. This is good to have on hand if you cook…
Coconut Water
Coconut Water © Denzil Green Coconut Water is the thin juice that comes out of the inside of coconuts. It’s somewhat pale and opaque, and slightly syrupy and sweet. It is usually used as a beverage, drunk as is. It’s best drunk chilled, but can be drunk straight out of the coconut via a straw…
Coconuts
Coconuts © Denzil GreenCoconut trees have a productive life of about seventy years, and can each produce up to seventy coconuts a year. Each Coconut takes about a year to ripen. They actually grow inside smooth shells. This smooth shell is removed before sale to us: the hairy shell that we see is actually a…
Cream of Coconut
Cream of Coconut is different from Coconut Cream and Creamed Coconut and Coconut Milk. It’s Coconut Milk or Cream that has been thickened, with sugars added to sweeten it. There’s powdered and tinned versions; tinned versions have stabilizers added so that the liquid doesn’t separate. A well-known brand in America is Coco Lopez. Cooking Tips…
Creamed Coconut
Creamed Coconut © Denzil Green Creamed Coconut is a solid white block of coconut meat. It looks like a block of white shortening or lard. It is usually sold on store shelves, not in the chillers. It’s made from just coconut. It’s not sweetened; the sweetness you taste will be the natural sweetness. This is…
Desiccated Coconut
Desiccated Coconut © Denzil Green Desiccated Coconut is dried, shredded (or flaked) Coconut. It can be bought sweetened or unsweetened, flaked or shredded, and grated fine, medium or coarse, It is usually sold in bags. Cooking Tips To toast Desiccated Coconut, spread it out on a baking sheet and toast under broiler or grill just…