Horchata

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 quart warm water
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sugar
• whole cinnamon stick, for serving (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a blender, combine the rice and warm water.
• 2 blend for 1 to 2 minutes until the rice breaks up but does not form a powder.
• 3 let the rice mixture stand in the refrigerator for 6 hours or up to overnight.
• 4 strain the rice mixture into a container through a fine-mesh sieve or several layers of cheesecloth to remove the rice solids.
• 5 pour the rice water into a blender and add the milk, vanilla and almond extracts, cinnamon, and sugar.
• 6 blend for 1 minute until well combined and smooth.
• 7 serve the horchata over ice with cinnamon sticks as stirrers.