Haitian Akasan (Cornmeal Drink)(Vegan)
4 standard portions
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Ingredients
- 4 cups water ((946ml))
- 3 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 cup yellow corn flour (+ 1¼ cup of water (to make the paste))
- ½-¾ cup almond milk (or you can use another plant based milk)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract ((4g))
- ¼ tsp nutmeg ((0.5g)grated)
- ¼ tsp pink salt ((1.5g))
- sweeten with coconut sugar, to taste or use another alternative sweetener, see notes
Method
- Bring the 4 cups of water to the boil in a medium sized, non stick saucepan along with the star anise and cinnamon sticks for 10 minutes until the water is slightly red-brown colour.
- Mix the one cup of cornflour together with the 1¼ cup of water in a small bowl/jug.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the cornflour paste to the saucepan while whisking to avoid any lumps.
- Continue to simmer for several minutes, while constantly stirring until the akasan starts to thicken up.
- Stir in the almond milk (add the full ¾ cup or more for a thinner consistency).
- Add the vanilla extract, nutmeg and pink salt
- Add the coconut sugar or another sweetener and sweeten to taste.
- Serve hot or cold.