Chef at 16:55, 24 January 2022

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[[Image:Cracking a coconut.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A few taps and it will crack around the middle]]
==How to prepare a [[coconut]]==
This is easier than you would think. Don't bother drilling out the little `bungs' unless you want to drink the coconut juice with a straw first!

If you need to reserve the juice, break it over a bowl, if not then just do it over the sink.

The [[Zester|citrus zester shown here]] is identical to tools sold specifically for scraping a [[coconut]]. It scraped a [[coconut]] clean in 3 minutes, leaving a neat pile of [[coconut]] `spaghetti'. However, as shown here, you can improvise with an [[ice-cream scoop]], a [[mandoline]], a knife and probably many other ways.

If your recipe requires toasted [[coconut]], once you have the flesh grated, roast in a dry wok until it's golden brown.

===Step by step===
* Pull off any loose matting from the outside of the coconut.
* Rinse the coconut under warm running water to remove any grit and dust that might contaminate the coconut flesh that is being removed.
* Hold the [[coconut]] in the palm of your hand.
* Sharply tap the middle of the coconut with the blunt side of a cleaver.
* Rotate it a little and tap it again.
* Repeat until it cracks.
* When it cracks, quite often the juice won't escape immediately as the flesh tends to hold the juice until you prise the two halves apart.
* Scoop out the flesh with a coconut scraper.
* Hang the used coconut halves outside for the birds, they love them.
[[Image:Scooping out a coconut.jpg|300px|thumb|right|An [[ice-cream scoop]] does the trick]].
[[Image:Toasted Coconut.jpg|thumb|300px|right|`Roasting' coconut in a wok]].
===How to completely remove the meat/flesh of a coconut===
* Split the coconut into two halves by giving it a few taps around the middle.
* Place in a preheated oven [200°C (400°F)] for a few minutes.
* The coconut meat will simply separate from the shell.
* You will however still have to separate the coconut flesh from the thin brown membrane that surrounds it.
===An easier way===
[[Image:Action coconut scraper with vacuum suction base.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B7JDDL6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00 Action coconut scraper with vacuum suction base - £8.98 Amazon UK]]]
* [[Action coconut scraper with vacuum suction base|Action coconut scraper with vacuum suction base - ''more info'']]
===Chef's tip===
'''So you don't waste time on a bad coconut, once you have the coconut open, take a little nibble, just to make sure it's not turned rancid'''.
===Coconut shredder working in a 10 second video===
<YouTube>https://youtu.be/-0Ha0o0Xy5Q</YouTube>
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