How To Make Horchata

Makes: 8 glasses

Preparation time: 4 hours

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Houchata:

• 1 cup long grain rice, washed
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 quarts water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Ice cubes

Cooking instructions for Houchata:

• Place the rice in a large saucepan and fill it up with water.
• Drop a cinnamon stick into it and set aside for about 3 hours to soak the rice.
• Cook the mixture over moderate heat until it begins to boil and reduce it to a simmer over slow flame.
• Continue to do so for about half an hour and tip the contents of the saucepan into a blender.
• Pulse them into a smooth puree and pass it through a fine mesh sieve to strain.
• Add a splash of vanilla into the strained liquid, along with some sugar if required.
• Whisk them all together until well combined and leave it in the refrigerator to chill.
• Pour it into tall glass and plop in few ice cubes in each glass.
• Serve chilled.

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Last Updated on February 5, 2013 by