To Crack and Grate Fresh Coconut

• 1 fresh brown coconut

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Pierce softest eye of coconut with a metal skewer or screwdriver and drain liquid into a bowl to sample (see note, above).
3. Bake coconut in oven 15 minutes.
4. With a hammer or back of a heavy cleaver break shell and with point of a strong knife remove flesh, levering it out carefully.
5. Remove brown membrane with a sharp paring knife or vegetable peeler.
6. Fresh coconut keeps, chilled, in an airtight container 1 week.
7. Grate coconut as needed on small teardrop-shaped holes of a 4-sided grater or finely chop in a food processor.
8. Freshly grated coconut keeps, frozen, in an airtight container 3 months.

brown coconut

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/to-crack-and-grate-fresh-coconut-101279 (may not work)