Making coconut flour and coconut butter

Shredded coconut spread on a tray drying out in the oven

Coconut flour (this photo doesn't show how fine it actually turned out)

Starting to change from a solid into a yummy coconut butter liquid

Runny coconut butter

 

If you haven't read the previous post (how to make coconut water and coconut milk), it's best to read through that first as this is continued on from there.

After you've drained all the coconut milk from the shredded coconut, spread the shredded coconut onto a tray and either put it in the oven at a low heat (about 90 degrees celcius) for about 6 hours, or until completely dry, or if the weather is warm you can leave the tray for a few days and it will dry out.  

To make the coconut flour, it's as simple as putting the dehydrated shredded coconut into the Thermomix and blitz on speed 10 for about 4 seconds.  Don't over-blitz as it will start to liquify (forming the butter).

To make coconut butter, blitz the dehydrated shredded coconut in the Thermy for 2-3 mins at 37 degrees celcius speed 7.  Scrape sides down and repeat.

Keep doing this (you can leave it for a lot longer periods without scraping after the initial couple of times though) until it turns into a liquid.  Using larger amounts of shredded coconut liquifies more quickly, whereas smaller amounts will take slightly longer.

If you want the appearance of the butter and flour to be pure white, all you need to do right at the beginning of the process, once you've pried the coconut flesh from the shell, is use a peeler to peel the thin brown covering off the coconut.  This will give you a complete white flour and butter.  As the colour doesn't alter the taste, I left the brown on my coconut, which gives the flour and butter a chocolately look.

This can be stored in the pantry.  It will solidify after a while.

These products are so incredibly delicious and so healthy to use in cooking and baking and I am now using them quite frequently.  This is such a cost effective way of having plenty on hand!