Horchata

4.50 (556)
⏱ 190 mins 🍽 ['6', '6 cups'] 🌶 mexican 🏷 Drink

This traditional Mexican beverage is a wonderfully refreshing blend of long-grain rice, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. The simple method involves soaking blended rice to create a creamy, dairy-light base that is then sweetened and spiced. After chilling thoroughly, it makes for an excellent cooling drink to accompany spicy foods. The recipe yields approximately 6 cups of this popular, flavourful drink.

Horchata

Ingredients

  • 5 cups water
  • 1 cup uncooked white long-grain rice
  • 0.66666668653488 cup white sugar
  • 0.5 cup milk
  • 0.5 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 0.5 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Method

  1. Combine the water and rice in a blender and process for about 1 minute until the rice starts to fracture. Allow this mixture to sit at room temperature for a minimum of 3 hours.
  2. Pour the rice water through a strainer into a serving pitcher, leaving the rice solids behind. Add the sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and ground cinnamon, then stir well to combine.
  3. Refrigerate the horchata until it is completely cold. Serve it poured over ice.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories213 kcal
Fat1 g
Sugars23 g
Protein3 g
Sodium16 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrink
Cuisinemexican
AuthorLOLA