Coconut Extract

Total Time: 168 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 168 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 fresh coconut, see cook's note
• 1 1/2 ounces grated fresh coconut, approximately 1/3 cup
• 4 ounces vodka

Recipe

• 1 cook's note: to open a coconut: preheat the oven to 375 degrees f. place the coconut onto a folded towel set down in a large bowl. find the 3 eyes on 1 end of the coconut and using a nail or screwdriver and hammer or meat mallet, hammer holes into 2 of the eyes.
• 2 turn the coconut upside down over a container and drain the water from the coconut.
• 3 store the water in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
• 4 place the coconut onto a 1/2 sheet pan and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
• 5 remove from the oven.
• 6 the coconut should have cracked in several places.
• 7 using an oyster knife or other dull blade, separate the hard shell from the brown husk.
• 8 using a serrated vegetable peeler, peel the brown husk from the coconut meat.
• 9 rinse the coconut meat under cool water and pat dry.
• 10 break the meat into 2 to 3-inch pieces.
• 11 with the grater disk attached to a food processor, grate the coconut.
• 12 place 1 1/2 ounces of the coconut into a 1-cup glass jar with lid and pour the vodka over it.
• 13 seal and shake to combine.
• 14 place in a cool dark place for 5 to 7 days, shaking to combine every day.
• 15 strain the coconut and discard.
• 16 return the vodka to a clean jar or to its original bottle and store in a cool place for up to a year.
• 17 reserve the remaining coconut for another use.