An easy and nutritious dairy free milk made with hemp seeds. It can be used as a direct substitute for dairy milk, although it does have a bit of an acquired taste.
Place the linseeds in a bowl and cover with a little of the water and leave to soak whilst you're getting ready. The longer you can leave this the better, but it's not essential.
Place the hemp seeds and half the water in a good blender and blitz at high speed for 20 seconds. I use a Froothie Optimum Power Blender*.
Add the linseeds (with soaking water), the salt and remaining water. Blitz at high speed for 45 seconds.
Place the muslin cloth into a sieve or colander over a large bowl or jug and pour in the milk to strain. Alternatively use a nut milk bag if you have one.
Squeeze the cloth to get out as much of the milk as you can.
Discard the pulp or add it to your compost bin.
Notes
Yields 1 pt or 570 ml.Soaking nuts and seeds before use is a good idea to remove enzyme inhibitors that make digestion problematic and reduce the nutrients we can extract.Adding linseeds helps emulsify the liquid and stops it separating out.With most nut milks, you can use the remaining pulp in baking or other recipes, but hemp seed husks are rather bitter and a bit flinty in texture and I haven't found an acceptable use for it.Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used.