HOMEMADE VEGAN BAILEY’S

9. April 2018

I love Bailey’s and after going vegan I missed it for a long time, so I was really happy when I got a bottle of homemade coconut milk Bailey’s for my birthday two years ago. To be precise, what I got was Bailey’s and vegan “Mett”, a raw minced pork specialty that people in Berlin like to eat on bread rolls and call that “Hackepeterbrötchen”. The vegan “Mett” was made of rice and I thought it was really sweet that some of my omni friends had looked up vegan recipes and stood in the kitchen to give me these things for my birthday.

As “Mett” has always made me run for the hills, I unfortunately couldn’t make friends with the vegan version either, but the Bailey’s completely convinced me.

Especially when I went on Ohsheglows.com and tried the recipe myself a few days later. Not only it was quick and easy, it also turned out very well.

I tweaked the recipe a bit to my taste, added vanilla to the recipe and used coconut sugar instead of sucanat.

I filled it in a pretty decanter* that I presented at a party the next day, and it quickly made friends. People said, after just one zip, “oh my god that is better than the real one”, and I overheard them make drunk plans to sell this vegan Bailey’s online.

Meanwhile the company Bailey’s has launched an almond edition*, which I think is a great idea and will not say no when it is offered to me, but to be honest? I personally prefer this one here!

How to make the vegan Bailey’s

The original recipe Homemade Bailey’s Irish Cream … made vegan by Oh She Glows can be found here.

My adaptation

makes about 1 Liter (ca. 33 oz.), takes about 20 minutes plus cooling time

800 ml coconut milk (27 oz.)
1/2 cup (60 g) coconut sugar
Triple espresso
3/4 cup (180 ml) Whiskey*
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt

Heat the coconut milk in a big pot and stir in the sugar. Bring to a boil while stirring. Then simmer for 10 minutes at low heat, keep stirring until it has the desired creamy texture.

Turn off heat and add espresso, salt, vanilla. Then taste and add whiskey. Let it cool off and keep it in a bottle in the fridge.

Before serving, shake the bottle, because the whiskey settles to the bottom. Serve it on ice or add it to your coffee. The bailey’s should keep for at least 14 days – maybe even longer, my bailey’s has never gotten older than that.