Baobab Juice (Bouye)

shopping_basket Ingredients 5 items

• check_circle Half a kg of baobab fruit
• check_circle 400 g of liquid condensed milk, sweetened or unsweetened
• check_circle 500 g of sugar
• check_circle 1.5 L of boiling water + 1 L of cold water
• check_circle Two sachets of vanilla sugar (to taste)

receipt_long Preparation Steps

1. 1
   Soak the baobab fruit seeds in 2 liters of boiling water and add 1 liter of cold water.
2. 2
   Leave for 30 minutes in the water to soften the fruit.
3. 3
   After a while, the baobab fruit will dissolve as you stir it with your hands.
4. 4
   Remove the black seeds once free of pulp. You can also use a whisk to stir the preparation in order to make it easier to extract the pulp.
5. 5
   Strain the pulp juice through a fine sieve to remove the impurities. Then boil it for 5 minutes.
6. 6
   Remove the preparation from the heat and immediately cool it down in a container placed in cold water. Using a spatula, work the pulp juice by adding the sugar and the vanilla sugar, then stir again while it is still hot. Add the condensed milk and stir well.
7. 7
   Make sure to obtain a smooth and uniform juice without any imperfection. Finally, place your bouye juice in the refrigerator.