Description
Horchata is a refreshing summer drink. I learned this recipe a couple years ago from a Mexican coworker, and I was immediately addicted!
Ingredients
- 2 quarts hot water
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 1 cup milk
- ice cubes, for serving
Instructions
- Pour sugar
- cinnamon
- and rice into hot water; stir until sugar dissolves. Cover
- and let stand at room temperature for at least 3 hours
- but preferably overnight.
- Stir in milk
- then puree with a hand blender
- or in batches in a standing blender until the rice resembles fine sand. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth
- or through a very fine strainer. Serve over ice.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 8