HORCHATA MEXICAN DRINK RECIPE

This Horchata Mexican drink is a a slightly creamy, non-alcoholic agua fresca flavor made with cinnamon and rice and is perfectly refreshing.

This easy horchata recipe has a great balance of creamy rice and cinnamon flavor, with just a little vanilla to round things out.  And while an authentic horchata recipe is dairy free, I like to add a little milk to mine just to make it a bit creamier.  Just don’t go too far with the milk or the sugar because horchata is really a watery rice drink, not a milk drink, and it should only be lightly sweetened.

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups uncooked white long-grain rice
• 2 whole cinnamon sticks
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• Ice
• Ground cinnamon, for garnish

Instructions

1. Combine the rice, cinnamon sticks, and 2 cups of the water in a blender.  Blend until the rice and cinnamon sticks are roughly ground up (1 to 2 minutes).  Add the 2 remaining cups of water and blend again.
2. Let the rice mixture soak at room temperature at least 8 hours, or overnight.  
3. Once the rice mixture has soaked for at least 8 hours, pour through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher.  Discard the rice and cinnamon stick solids and rinse the strainer well.  Strain the mixture again one more time, just to make sure the horchata isn't gritty.

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