Intestine-Loving Probiotic Pina Colada Coconut Water Kefir

I completely adore coconut water kefir – it’s received all the same old advantages you’d anticipate from coconut water, nevertheless it’s full of residing probiotics and enzymes from the water kefir and incorporates nearly zero sugar.

Actually, Kefir is a Turkish phrase which means “really feel good” and that’s precisely the way you’ll really feel while you drink this – you’ll really feel wonderful!!!

Water kefir is a fermented drink, and in the course of the fermentation course of, the gathering of components is remodeled right into a fizzy, tangy, scrumptious, so-good-for-you-you’ll-think -I’m-lying drink.

Fundamental Coconut Water Kefir Recipe

Coconut water is a scrumptious method to ferment water kefir. It’s naturally excessive in electrolytes and incorporates potassium, and water kefir grains like it – you might discover they double their quantity after being fermented in coconut water.

I exploit sugar in my coconut water kefir recipes as a result of I discover they work higher

with the added carbohydrate as meals for the water kefir grains to ferment.

Nevertheless, if you’re utterly eliminating sugar out of your eating regimen, you may go away

it out – simply use the grains to make the essential water kefir after

every batch of coconut water kefir so the grains don’t starve. In the event you do go away

the sugar out, please style the brew after 12–24 hours, relying on the temperature, because the decrease sugar content material might imply

the coconut water kefir is prepared sooner.

Preparation time:

quarter-hour

Fermentation time:

1–5 days

Problem:

Medium

Refrigerate for as much as 4 months

Makes:

About 1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups)

Components

• 3 tbsp uncooked sugar
• 3 tbsp scorching water
• 1 litre (35 fl oz/ 4 cups) coconut water
• Pinch of sea salt
• 1 dried fig
• 3 tbsp water kefir grains
• 125 ml pineapple juice or just a few slices of pineapple fruit

PRIMARY FERMENTATION

1. Put the sugar in a 1.5 litre (52 fl oz/6 cup) wide-mouth glass jar. Add the new water and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the coconut water, sea salt and dried fig and stir nicely to mix.
2. Add the water kefir grains to the jar. Cowl the jar with a bit of muslin (cheesecloth) and safe with an elastic band.
3. Place the jar out of direct daylight at room temperature and go away the liquid to ferment for 12–48 hours, relying on the temperature.

BOTTLING

1. Scoop out and discard the dried fig from the liquid.
2. Put a funnel within the opening of a 1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cup) glass bottle with a tight-fitting lid and put a strainer on high of the funnel. Pour the coconut water kefir liquid into the bottle via the strainer.
3. Add 125ml pineapple juice or just a few slices of pineapple fruit to your bottle.
4. Put aside the water kefir grains within the strainer to re-use or relaxation

SECONDARY FERMENTATION

1. Tightly seal the bottle lid and go away the bottle in a heat place to construct carbonation. This might take wherever from 12–72 hours, relying on the temperature.
2. ‘Burp’ the coconut water kefir each day to launch some stress by opening the lid barely after which tightening it once more.
3. Drink up

When the coconut water kefir is as fizzy and tart as you

like (this might vary from a small spritz to a ferocious fizz), retailer it within the fridge to sluggish the fermentation course of, and revel in chilly.

This recipe is an extract from

Probiotic Drinks at Residence

(

Murdoch Books

) with photographs by Rob Palmer.

You possibly can discover extra of Felicity’s

fermenting sources right here

In the event you do not reside in Australia

and would really like fermentation provides, please take a look at the next:

• Water Kefir Grains

• Milk Kefir Grains

• JUN scoby

• Scoby

  (not the identical as a JUN scoby)

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