My boring (but delicious!) horchata recipe
Put 1 cup uncooked white rice into a blender and grind to a powder for about 3 minutes (maybe longer) until it’s pretty smooth. Combine pulverized rice with 1/4 cup ground, blanched almonds and 1 cinnamon stick and let sit overnight.
Remove the cinnamon and place the mixture back into the blender. Blend for another 5 minutes until the mixture is powdery and smooth. Add 2 cups of water and blend for about one minute more.
Strain into a pitcher through several layers of dampened cheesecloth or a coffee filter. Add 4 cups of water, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, and 1/2 cup of sugar (I replace the water and sugar with 3 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 cup simple syrup because I’m too lazy to stir). Serve over ice with a little extra simple syrup if my wife isn’t watching.
Drink it. Enjoy the flavor.
Pretty basic. The next time I make it I’m going to chug water before the final steps so I’m not quenching thirst with it, just enjoying.
Update: Wow, did I get a lot of these measurements wrong. Sorry.
Should that be 1/4 cup ground, blanched almonds? (:-)
Interesting; we may try it.
BTW:
“… 1/4 ground, …” should be
“… 1/4 cup ground, …”
Yes, indeed it should. Thanks :)
Thanks, I’ve fixed it. And yeah, it’s good stuff.