Oat Milk
Ingredients:
1 cup Organic Gluten-free Oats (Soaked)
2 Digestive Enzyme Capsules
pinch of sea salt
4 cups ice water plus additional water for soaking approximately 2 1/2 cups
4 pitted Medjool Dates
1/2 tsp Vanilla (optional)
Equipment:
Bowl
High Speed Blender
Nut Milk Bag, Fine mesh strainer, or Flour Sack Dish Towel
Glass Container with lid for storage
Assembly:
Place oats in glass bowl add room temp cool water to cover approximately one inch above oats. Open digestive enzymes, sprinkle over oats and add a pinch of sea salt. Give the oats a quick stir to combine. Place on counter in a cool dry place to soak for 45 minutes. The purpose of the digestive enzyme and sea salt is an effort to break down the starches and provide a smother less slimy milk.
While oats are soaking, add two cups ice to your blender and cover with cool water to the 4 cup marker on the blender container. Once oats are done soaking, strain off water and rinse under cool water to remove any residual starch and slime. Add oats to blender with pitted dates and vanilla (optional). Blend for 30 to 45 seconds. High speed blenders tend to get warm quickly therefore warming the food. You don’t want to heat the oats as this will render a much slimmer version of oat milk. Consider the consistence of cooked oats.
Strain oat milk through fine mesh sieve or nut milk bag. Oat milk is much finer than nut milks and does not require the squeezing of the milk from the bag like Almond milk. I strained my milk two to three time through a fine mesh sieve to get the texture of milk that I like.
Notes:
I researched oat milk recipes and had a few failed trail runs before landing this recipe. I had started out to make oat milk about 3 years ago at a clients request and I was never really happy with the outcome. It was at my son, Jakes request that I dusted off my old notes and started looking at what others were doing to make oat milk without a bunch of stabilizers and ugly ingredients. Jake is dairy intolerant and has been looking for a milk to use on his cereal he eats at college. I did steam a 1/2 cup of my homemade oat milk and it turned on great. This oat milk could be a potential option to use with coffee or tea. Enjoy!
