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[[Image:Cracking a coconut.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A few taps and it will crack around the middle]] | [[Image:Cracking a coconut.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A few taps and it will crack around the middle]] | ||
==How to prepare a [[coconut]]== | ==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! | 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. | If you need to reserve the juice, break it over a bowl, if not then just do it over the sink. | ||
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===Step by step=== | ===Step by step=== | ||
* Hold the [[coconut]] in the palm of your hand | * Pull off any loose matting from the outside of the coconut. | ||
* Sharply tap the middle of the coconut with the blunt side of a cleaver | * Rinse the coconut under warm running water to remove any grit and dust that might contaminate the coconut flesh that is being removed. | ||
* Rotate it a little and tap it again | * Hold the [[coconut]] in the palm of your hand. | ||
* Repeat until it cracks | * Sharply tap the middle of the coconut with the blunt side of a cleaver. | ||
* 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 | * Rotate it a little and tap it again. | ||
* Scoop out the flesh with a coconut scraper | * 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. | * 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: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]] | [[Image:Toasted Coconut.jpg|thumb|300px|right|`Roasting' coconut in a wok]]. | ||
===How to completely remove the meat/flesh of a coconut=== | ===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. | * 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 | * Place in a preheated oven [200°C (400°F)] for a few minutes. | ||
* The coconut meat will simply separate from the shell | * 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. | * 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=== | ===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. | '''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=== | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 24 January 2022
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 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.
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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
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
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