Well, I am back from vacation & ready to get back to blogging. Did you miss me? It was a nice little break & I hope you all enjoyed the recipes that my friends made for you.
Today’s recipe is in preparation for Cinco De Mayo. I know I already posted some Homemade Flour Tortillas & Crockpot Pork Carnitas, but I have a couple more recipes that I want to share. So stay tuned for Thursday’s post as well, because it is one of my families most favorite recipes!
This Horchata is just lovely. I don’t know what it is about cinnamon flavored rice milk, but I guzzle it up every time! When we go to Costa Vida, one of my favorite places to eat out, I ALWAYS get the Horchata even though it’s not the real deal; probably just a powder mixed with water. But, if I have the chance to go to a Taqueria or authentic place, I always share a large cup of Horchata with my husband. It’s so refreshing & fairly simple to make at home, but I would double this recipe because it makes about 1 quart & my kids love this drink too, so it did not last very long. Enjoy!
Horchata
Ingredients
- 1 cup long grain white rice, rinsed
- 4 cups water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, plus 2-3 Tbsp to taste
- 1 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Ice
Instructions
- Wash and drain rice. Combine rice with cinnamon sticks in water and soak overnight in the refrigerator.
- After the rice has soaked for at least 8-10 hours, preferably overnight, discard the cinnamon sticks and pour rice and water into a blender. Add ½ tsp cinnamon and blend on low for 2-3 minutes until well blended. Pour blended rice mixture through fine mesh sieve two times and then through cheesecloth one more time to remove all gritty bits of rice.
- Pour strained mixture into a pitcher, add skim milk, brown sugar and vanilla and stir well to combine. Add more sugar if needed, to taste. Best served with ice & a dash of ground cinnamon.
Recipe Notes
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Recipe lightly altered from A Sweet Pea Chef
Krista Low says
April 30, 2013 at 2:39 PMMy husband loves this stuff! Super fun for Cinqo De Mayo 🙂 Krista @ A Handful of Everything
Selene @ Restoration Beauty says
May 3, 2013 at 3:26 AMI just had some Horchata last week and was thinking of looking up a recipe!! Thanks so much! I pinned this!
Selene @ Restoration Beauty
Krista Rollins says
May 7, 2013 at 2:44 PMLove love love horchata! Great recipe, this looks so yummy and refreshing! 🙂
Krista @joyfulhealthyeats
anyonita green says
May 14, 2013 at 9:39 AMMmmmmm! :)Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers!
Rachel & Darrin says
December 24, 2013 at 9:16 PMTried this today, hoping to make it a Christmas Eve tradition. Turns out it will be one! Loved it. Thanks!
Amber Brady says
December 25, 2013 at 9:18 PMWow, that sounds like a great idea! Glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to leave your experience!
Robyn says
February 8, 2015 at 6:53 AMHi, I just found this on Pinterest recently and last night I soaked the rice. I just tasted it, it’s amazing! I recently tried Horchata in an authentic Mexican restaurant and your recipe is almost identical to theirs! Thanks for sharing it:)
Amber says
February 8, 2015 at 6:42 PMThanks Robyn! It’s my favorite Mexican drink! I’m glad you liked it!