Chef Joey's Young Coconut Smoothie

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 young fresh coconut (milked and cleaned of flesh)
• 4 tablespoons cacao, nibs (ground to a powder in a coffee mill)
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup non-dairy milk substitute or 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 banana
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup fresh strawberries (cleaned)
• 2 tablespoons agave nectar

Recipe

• 1 grind up the cacao nibs in a coffee mill until it resembles coco powder. set aside.
• 2 clean the berries and set aside.
• 3 with a hammer and pointed screw driver make three holes in the top of the two young coconuts. drain the milk out into a large measuring cup through a sieve.
• 4 cut the two young coconuts in half. my hubby uses his table saw and it works very nicely for this.
• 5 rinse the coconut insides to remove any of the outer shell that might have coated the coconut flesh.
• 6 scrape out all the flesh, get every bit as it's so delicious.
• 7 put the flesh and the coconut milk into a blender and process until well combined.
• 8 put the coconut mixture through the sieve again to remove the little pieces of shell. put the coconut mixture into a container and set aside.
• 9 clean out the blender cup and lid and put the coconut milk/flesh mixture back into it. add the one cup coconut milk or non-dairy milk, the banana, the ground cacao, vanilla, cinnamon and berries.
• 10 process until smooth and creamy.
• 11 drink asap!
• 12 bon appetit!