How to choose a coconut?
Monday 3 April 2017 16:04
There are two bright sides when buying a coconut: its delicious flesh and its refreshing water!
However, it can be tricky to pick the right fruit well hidden with its shell. Follow our tips to never buy the wrong coconut!
The weight and the filling
To be sure that your coconut is fresh, the first thing to do is to weigh it. The more it contains water, the heavier it is.
Then, shake it near your ear: you should ear the water inside. This garantees freshness and a tasty flesh. You'll just have to sip this fresh water before eating the flesh!
The appearance
Brown coconuts have dark spots on their bottoms, looking like eyes. Those have to be clean and neat. In any way, there shouldn't be any mold or cracks on the shell.
Recipes using coconut
Coconuts can be used in savory or sweet recipes!
On the sweet side, you can quickly bake it as "rochers", or as a flan.
On the savoury side, coconut milk will match well with fish, shellfish, but also meat like chicken.
Coconut rochers - video recipe !
Chicken curry with coconut milk - video recipe !
Coconut flan - video recipe !
Vegan panna cotta with coconut - video recipe!
Bamboo shoots with coconut milk (ginataang labong)
Kuih talam (steamed coconut pudding)
Raffaello (coconut balls)
Coconut cake and cupcakes with guava curd and vanilla buttercream
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