How do you milk a coconut then?

OK, so I tried the coconut milk and the almond milk and any other non dairy milk I could find in the shop.

And guess what, I liked them all and they didn't taste very much different to cow's milk to my palate.

To be fair though I don't have milk in coffee and I very rarely drink tea so I was using the coconut milk in cooking only.  BUT I tried it just as a drink on it's own and  I LOVED IT!

Here are some recipes using coconut milk so you can try it.  For others go to 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/coconut_milk
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Coconut milk recipes

Coconut milk is not the liquid from inside the nut, but the extract of freshly grated coconut flesh. The flesh is first soaked in hot water, then allowed to cool, after which the liquid is strained off. This process that yields both coconut milk and coconut cream. The two liquids will separate when left to stand: the thick white cream will rise to the surface of the liquid leaving the clear watery milk below. Coconut milk gives a distinctive taste and smoothness to curries, sauces and rice.

Recipes using coconut milk

Main course

• Mussel broth

  By Paul Ainsworth

• Turbot cooked in coconut milk, frozen lettuce and confit English asparagus

  By Glynn Purnell

• Coriander fish curry with pilau rice and coriander flatbreads

  By James Martin

• Thai coconut mussels

  By James Martin

• Jungle curry of guinea fowl with coconut and lime rice

  By John Torode

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