Preparation
20 minutes
Processing
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Chestnut Milk Serves 5 people
Ripe chestnuts 350 gr Fresh cream 100 ml Cold water 900 ml Sugar 100 gr Vanilla 1/2 teaspoon Salt A little
How to choose delicious chestnuts
- About color: Delicious chestnuts will have a brown or reddish-brown color, evenly colored, and especially very glossy. This is the characteristic that you can easily recognize.
- About fuzz: When buying, you can observe the fuzz to identify fresh and delicious chestnuts. If you see a lot of fine fuzz on the outside of the chestnut, then it is definitely a fresh and tasty nut. Conversely, avoid buying those without fuzz and with relatively dull colors, as they may have been stored for a long time.
- About the eye of the nut: The eye of the nut here refers to the holes on the shell caused by insects boring in. When buying, you should carefully observe to avoid purchasing nuts with holes, as there is a high chance that the nut is spoiled.
- About the kernel: When buying chestnuts, you can check the kernel inside by shaking the nut. If the nut makes a sound inside, it is still fresh. Delicious chestnuts have a creamy white kernel, evenly colored, with a distinctive aroma and no black spots.
What is whipping cream?
- Whipping cream, also known as fresh cream, is a type of fresh cream made from unseparated cow’s milk with a fat content of 30% – 36% and, importantly, contains no sugar at all.
- Whipping cream is characterized by a light creamy aroma, an off-white color, and can be combined with various other powdered food coloring.
- Due to these characteristics, whipping cream has become a familiar ingredient in cake decoration, making milk foam, or serving as a topping for blended drinks and certain types of pastries.
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Tools Required
How to Make Chestnut Milk
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Prepare the Chestnuts
After purchasing the chestnuts, use a knife to cut the tail of the chestnut for easier peeling.
Next, remove the outer shell along with the inner skin of the chestnut, as the inner skin will make the milk slightly bitter.
Then, soak the chestnuts in cold water for about 5 hours to enhance their creaminess.
Note: Do not soak for more than 5 hours; if soaked too long, the chestnuts will become sour and frothy.
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Blend and strain the mixture
After soaking for 5 hours, you wash the chestnuts thoroughly with water.
You put the chestnuts and 900ml of cold water into the blender, and blend until the mixture is smooth.
Next, you strain the blended mixture through a sieve. To make the mixture smooth, you should strain it twice.
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Make chestnut milk
First, you put a pot on the stove. Then add the strained chestnut mixture into the pot and cook over medium heat.
Next, you gradually add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, 100g of sugar, and a little salt into the pot, and keep stirring the mixture continuously.
When you see the mixture simmering lightly, you add 100ml of fresh cream to increase the richness of the milk. You stir the milk well and turn off the heat.
Note: During the cooking process, you must continuously stir the milk.
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Product
A glass of chestnut milk has a creamy taste from chestnuts, fresh milk cream, and a fragrant aroma from vanilla. The milk has a sweetness that is not too intense and not too fatty, so you won’t feel overwhelmed.
Drinking a glass of chestnut milk every morning will be very good for your health because chestnuts contain many nutrients.
Above is the how to make chestnut milk that is both delicious and nutritious right at home. It’s really simple, isn’t it? So why hesitate to get started right away? TasteVN wishes you success!
