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Horchata

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Drink, Mexican

Tags: easy, mexican, recipes for beverages, recipes using almond, recipes using cinnamon stick, recipes using lime zest, recipes using rice, recipes using white sugar, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AHorchata)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AHorchata&oldid=4513023

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 lb uncooked rice
  • 1 lb almonds, blanched and peeled
  • 5 ea. cinnamon sticks
  • 12 cups hot water
  • 20 cups cold water
  • 15 slivers lime peel, 2 inches in length
  • 5 cups white granulated sugar

Directions

Soaking

  1. Thoroughly pulverize the rice in a blender.
  2. Transfer to a medium size bowl and add the almonds, cinnamon stick, and lime peel.
  3. Stir in 12 cups of hot water.
  4. Cover and let stand at least 6 hours or overnight.

Blending

  1. Place the mixture in the blender and blend for 3–4 minutes, until it no longer feels gritty.
  2. Add 10 cups cold water and blend until combined.
  3. Strain a little at a time using a chinois or strainer lined with cheesecloth.

Finishing

  1. Add 10 cups of cold water and stir in enough sugar to sweeten the drink to taste.
  2. If the consistency is too thick, add additional water.
  3. Cover and refrigerate. Stir before pouring.