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 Oil © Denzil Green Coconut Oil is oil extract from coconut. To make it, the flesh from inside a coconut (“coconut meat”) is dried, then the oil is extracted from it. Coconut Butter and Coconut Oil are both the same thing: when the oil is solid, (below 25 C / 78 F), it’s referred…
Coconut Syrup is a sweetened, coconut-flavoured, opaque white syrup used in mixed drinks and in desserts, or as in Hawaii, used on pancakes and waffles. It is usually made from sugar, water, creamed coconut, citric acid and preservatives. It can be made in a variety of ways. It can be a sugar syrup flavoured with…
Coconut Vinegar © Denzil Green Coconut Vinegar is made from coconut water, found inside the coconut shell. The coconut water is filtered, sugar is added, and then it is brought to the boiling point to pasteurize it. After this, it is cooled, and yeast is added. It is let ferment for a week, then the…
Copha is a vegetable-based solid cooking fat that will stay solid at room temperature. It comes in blocks or a cube wrapped like butter or dripping. It is white, but goes clear when melted. It is basically coconut butter that has been hydrogenated to make it even more stable until deliberately melted, and to make it…
Palmin is a vegetable-based cooking fat that can be used similar to lard or shortening. It is the same as the vegetable-based cooking fat called Copha, except there are two varieties of Palmin: one comes in a tub, which is almost spreadable, and the other comes in a block like Copha. The blocks come in…
