Horchata!

My kids love this treat. Making it at home is simple and inexpensive.

Homemade Horchata!

Equipment: blender, fine cheesecloth, large rubber band, pitcher, mixing spoon


Ingredients:

• 2 cups short grain rice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 4 cups warm tap water
• 1 tsp. lime zest
• sugar, this is to taste but allow for one cup

Directions:

• pulverize rice and almonds in blender until you have a fine powder.
• pour the warm water over it and stir well.
• add your cinnamon stick and lime zest.
• allow to sit at least 6 hours.
• after sitting out, blend in blender again, then strain through cheesecloth rubber banded onto top of pitcher, discarding the solids.
• add sugar to taste. if liquid is too thick, add additional water.
• Serve over ice.

                                                                                     

Some horchata recipes I've seen call for milk. I'm not a fan of cow's milk in it's liquid form and the traditional recipes all seem to use rice milk only.

XO, Debbie