Raw Almond Milk

2 cups of fresh raw Almonds

1 cup of Pine nuts
Calico cloth (for straining)

Directions: to make this almond milk:
soak 2 cups of fresh raw almonds and 1 cup of Pine nuts overnight in a bowl of pure water (The water should be 1-2cm above the nuts to allow for swelling). In the morning drain the water and fill your blender with the almonds and Pine nuts to about a 1/3rd full, then add 2 cups of fresh water to fill the blender up. Blend on high speed until the mixture begins to spin and you have a white creamy looking milk. Put the calico cloth over a large glass bowl or container (I prefer to wet the cloth with water first) and then pour some of the mixture on top, wrap the cloth around the mixture and twist the top then Squeeze the mixture through with your hands (The meal and skins left in the cloth can be used in the shower for a great body scrub)

You will have approximately one litre of silky raw beautiful almond milk left ready to use for drinking, shakes or puddings. I tend to add as little water as possible so that I can get thicker/creamy milk and then put the mixture back into the blender with more water to extract a second lot of more watery milk. This almond milk will keep for about three days in the refrigerator.

Shelley Young's version of this recipe can be found on page 30 of her recipe book- back to the house of health plus lots of other great recipes.