Since I started juicing just over three years ago, I’ve had a loving relationship with my Breville Juice Fountain Elite. That love is not going anywhere. It’s everlasting.  But something else has stepped into the picture that’s given my heart more excitement: the Breville Fountain Crush Masticating Slow Juicer. While both are equally amazing (learn more about them in our juicer buying guide), I have learned that I can do a little bit more with the Crush, like make homemade nut milks!

A couple weeks ago, I shared my recipe for Homemade Almond Milk, but this week I took it up a notch and experimented with hazelnuts. I was overly delighted with the results. Not only did I have delicious nut milk in my fridge for the week to use in my smoothies and by itself, but I also had the leftover pulp from the hazelnuts that I made into a dessert. Stay tuned for that recipe next week!

Until then, learn how to make delicious hazelnut milk in your Breville Crush:

Directions:

Step 1: Soak 1 cup of hazelnuts and 2 dates overnight.
Note: I doubled this recipe to share with the rest of Team Reboot, which is why there are 4 dates soaking.

 Step 2: Drain the hazelnuts until the water is no longer cloudy. Don’t drain the dates! You’ll use the water they were soaked in at a later step! Add the hazelnuts into a large bowl and add 4-5 cups of filtered water.

 Step 3: Start ladling a scoop of the hazelnuts with water into the Breville Crush.

 Step 4: Continue until all hazelnuts and water has passed through (you may have some leftover water which is completely fine).

 Step 5: Now that your milk is in one pitcher and the hazelnut pulp is another, store your pulp to use it for a raw dessert or cooking.

Step 6: Strain your milk with a cheese cloth or a mesh strainer. I used the mesh strainer, and while yo can’t add a lot of milk at a time it was very easy and the milk had no pulp when  was done.

 Step 7: Pour strained milk into a high-powered blender. Add 2  soaked dates, cinnamon, and date soaking liquid. (I also added ice because I wanted to drink it right away and preferred it chilled).

Step 8: Blend until completely smooth. Serve chilled and top with cinnamon!

Note: Store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to one week.