{"id":6368,"date":"2015-07-19T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/19\/how-to-open-a-mature-hard-shell-coconut-and-remove-the-flesh-with-video"},"modified":"2019-12-11T02:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T07:18:52","slug":"how-to-open-mature-hard-shell-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/how-to-open-mature-hard-shell-coconut\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open a Mature Hard Shell Coconut and Remove the Flesh (with Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fresh coconut meat brings so much appeal and a lot more fragrance and texture to many recipes. Although, it can be daunting enough a task to open a mature hard shell coconut to get the flesh out.<\/p>\n

During my last few years of staying at my parents house in Mauritius, I had the chance to enjoy fresh coconuts from the four trees growing in the garden. My dad used to pick them when they were still young, and if you’ve ever drank the water from a real coconut, you’d probably agree with me that there is nothing, nothing like fresh coconut water. The bottled or carton coconut water that I can find here taste nothing like real coconut water. While young coconuts maybe be a little easier to open, the mature ones with the hard shell can be a bit of a challenge.
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\nFeatured in a few recipes here, fresh coconut meat is an ingredient that I use regularly, from smoothies to salads, desserts<\/a> and cakes to curries and a lot more. With a few more upcoming recipes using fresh coconut meat, I thought it would make sense by now to crack into these drupes<\/a> already. The most common way that I’ve seen people around me use to open the shell is with the back of a heavy knife like a Chinese cleaver. However, I don’t own one of these knives (yet), so I usually use a hammer instead. The hammer is part of my kitchen utensils and stays in the utensil holder on the counter!<\/p>\n