How To Make Homemade Almond Nut Milk (Recipe)

I first learned how to make homemade almond nut milk about fifteen years ago. Now that I’m traveling and living in a more remote location, this recipe feels like a lifeline.

If I were not in this more remote location—a location that makes it harder for me to access food—I don’t think I’d be making almond milk again. And that would have been a shame.

I find this nut milk light and pure. Rich and delicious. Fresh out of the fridge, it’s so beautiful to look at that I find myself staring at it as if it were an art form.

Yet its ingredients are so simple to handle. I soak organic raw almonds, blend with fresh filtered water, and pour while setting aside the strained pulp.

Here’s the recipe I follow…

ingredients

• 1 cup organic raw almonds

• 1 cup filtered water for soaking

• 4 cups filtered water for blending

kitchen tools

• blender

  • any blender has worked (I’m currently using the full-size blender in my lodging)

  • higher-speed blenders blend to a finer consistency (less waste)

• fine strainer

  • I use one of my thin organic cotton muslin produce bags

  • others use a fine mesh stainless strainer, nut milk bag, or very thin dishtowel

• bowl

  • large enough to hold blender contents

  • stable enough to hold the strainer

• glass jar + lid

  • 32 oz canning jar + lid work great

  • (per my microbiology professor, a lid is wise for all kinds of sanitary reasons)

recipe/instructions

• soak 1 cup almonds overnight in filtered water

  • place almonds into a glass cup

  • overnight, the almonds plump up a bit, so I leave space for that

  • ensure water covers all almonds

  • the next morning, my overnight water is always a little murky

  • drain almonds of that murky overnight water

• blend almonds with 4 cups of fresh filtered water

  • place soaked almonds into the blender

  • place 4 cups fresh filtered water into the blender

  • blend for 1-2 minutes on high

• strain

  • place the strainer securely over the bowl

  • pour blender contents into the strainer, so it flows down into the bowl

  • gently lift the strainer, ensuring pulp remains in the strainer

  • press all milk out of the strainer, into the bowl

  • set aside strainer/pulp for later use

    • I pour the pulp into a bowl to dry it

    • I use the dried pulp in cereal

    • others use the dried pulp in baking

  • pour almond milk into a glass jar

    • I find it easier to first pour the almond milk back into the blender

    • then I pour the almond milk into the glass jar

    • others use a funnel to pour almond milk directly into the jar

• refrigerate