How to make coconut spread

[mogenblue]

Coconut is very healthy.
I have seen some recipes on internet how to make coconut butter but I am not content with them. You either need a high end blender or a food processor and it may take up to 15 or 20 minutes of mixing before you would get coconut butter. I am too impatient for that.
So there had to be another way for making lovely coconut spread and now I have found it.
All you need is a bowl, a spoon, a knife and a micro wave.

Here are the ingredients:
25 gram of coconut oil
10 gram of coconut cream
50 gram of coconut grade
25 gram of sugar
a bit of salt
40 gram of water

US units (roughly):
1 ounce of coconut oil
0.4 ounce of coconut cream
2 ounce of coconut grade
1 ounce of sugar
a bit of salt
1.4 ounce of water

Mix the coconut grade, sugar and salt with a spoon in large bowl. Add the water to it and mix well.
Melt the coconut oil and -cream in a small bowl in the microwave for about 30-50 seconds at 800W. Mix the oil and cream with the other ingredients.
That's it, ready to serve.

Coconut cream is also known as santen. It usually comes in a solid block so you have to scrape the appropriate weight off with a knife or so.

This can be spread on bread and it is ready in less then 10 minutes. It's a small batch suitable for instant consumption. If you would put in the fridge the cream an oil would get hard again and then you cannot spread it with a knife anymore. So don't do that.

It's tasty enough for a snack as well. This spread has a delicious coconut taste.
I hope you enjoy it.

[knightofalbion]

Thanks for that. Never tried it.

I have a weakness for coconut milk I must admit, but generally try and avoid it due to the high saturated fat content.

[mogenblue]

I have been using coconut oil and grade for some months now and it didn't make me heavier.
There seems to be debate about the health benefits of coconut. I like the youtube videos of dr. Bruce Fife. He is a specialist on coconut.

Here is one: Your Daily Dose of Coconut Oil

And one about losing weight with coconut: How To Lose Weight Healthy And Fast

[Heaven]

Hmm.. that has to taste pretty good mogenblue!!!! I love the flavor of coconut! yummy!!!

[mogenblue]

Thank you deyheaven.
I'm glad I have this recipe now. Some time ago I bought a jar of coconut jelly in a chinese toko and thought to myself, hey, I can make that myself. That jelly was sweetened with sugar cane and tasted more like sugar cane then coconut. So it took me some time to work it out, but last friday or so the coin had fallen and I got to it.

I like the ease of the recipe, althought you do need some more components compared to pure coconut butter from a blender.
From here you can start experiments like replace sugar with strawberry syrop and use a little less water to prevent it from getting to liquid.

You could also add just a lot of water and turn it into a smoothie. This will be my next move for sure. I really want to make a smoothie kind of coconut milk. I guess I will double the coconut grade for a liter of milk or so, cook it for 5 or 10 minutes for a better mix, and then see what happens.

[Heaven]

Sounds like a good plan! I was just drinking coconut juice and its so refreshing!

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