Home Made Horchata

This is a Mexican staple drink. It is so good, it makes me feel sinful every time I have one of these.. But who knows how simple it is to make at home?! Let’s try it out.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cup of white rice
• 5 cups of water, divided
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 cup of milk of choice (I had vanilla soy milk, that’s what I used, tastes AMAZING!)
• 1 TBSP vanilla
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup white sugar

Method:

In a good blender, blend white rice, 2 cups of water and cinnamon sticks until roughly blended. Then add the remaining water and blend another minute.

Pour everything into a glass pitcher and refrigerate over night.

Strain the rice water mixture the next day and discard all solids. Add milk of choice, vanilla, sugar and ground cinnamon. Mix well and serve chilled, or over ice.

Enjoy a cup of home made horchata on a hot summer day is just heavenly.