Caribbean Pantry
Coconut
Milk, water, oil and flesh — one fruit feeding four different techniques.
Noix de coco · Coconut · Coco
Quick facts
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, established across the Antilles for centuries
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Flavour profile
- Sweet, milky, faintly nutty with a rich mouthfeel
- Seasonality
- Year-round
- Category
- Fruits & nuts
- Aliases
- Coconut milk, Lait de coco, Dry coconut
- Calories / 100g
- 354 kcal
Caribbean Pantry
The story behind this ingredient
Coconut milk gives rice and peas its silk, callaloo its body and countless curries their sweetness. In many islands, grating coconut by hand remains a Sunday morning sound.
Culinary uses: Rice and peas · Curries · Coconut drops · Sauces · Sorbet
Recipes with Coconut
Chefs who love this ingredient
Caribbean Chefs Academy
Learn it at the Academy
Caribbean Chefs Academy
Callaloo & Coconut
A four-session course on Caribbean greens, coconut extraction and one-pot cooking.
- Sat, 3 Oct 2026, 16:00 · 240 min
- Port of Spain, Trinidad · In person · TTD 850
Caribbean Culinary Ecosystem