Real Horchata Recipes

HORCHATA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add the rice, whole milk, sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon sticks.
• Pour hot water into the mixture and stir until the sweetened condensed milk dissolves.
• Allow mixture to come to room temperature. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap then refrigerate the mixture for a minimum of 2 hours. Refrigerate up to 12 hours for a more concentrated flavor.
• Uncover the mixture. Remove the cinnamon sticks and discard.
• Strain the mixture to separate the rice. Reserve the liquid.
• Add the rice and 1.5 cups of the strained liquid to your blender. Blend for 3 minutes until the rice is liquefied.
• Strain the blended rice back into the reserved liquid. Blend the horchata mixture again if the mixture is gritty.
• Serve over ice with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

AUTHENTIC HORCHATA

Steps:

• Grind rice into very fine, cornmeal-sized pieces using a blender or coffee grinder.
• Transfer ground rice to a medium bowl, pour warm water on top, and drop in cinnamon sticks. Cover and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Remove the cinnamon sticks. Place mixture back in the blender and puree until as smooth as possible.
• Line a sieve with a couple layers of cheesecloth and strain the mixture. Squeeze cloths to extract as much flavor as possible.
• Stir in milk, sugar, and vanilla extract until sugar has dissolved. Chill completely, at least 2 hours.
• Serve over ice, garnished with cinnamon.

HORCHATA

Steps:

• Combine the rice and cinnamon stick with 4 cups water in a blender; pulse to coarsely grind. Transfer to a large bowl and add another 4 cups water; soak at room temperature for 3 hours.
• Puree the rice mixture in a blender in batches until smooth. Strain through cheesecloth or a fine sieve into a pitcher. Mix in the sugar; chill.
• Stir the horchata well before serving. Pour into ice-filled glasses; garnish with cinnamon sticks and a dusting of ground cinnamon.

HORCHATA (AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RECIPE)

Steps:

• Start by soaking the rice, cinnamon, and almonds in a bowl of water all night, or at least for 5 hours so that the rice softens slightly.
• Strain the water from the cinnamon, rice, and almond mixture that were soaking, disposing of water.
• Blend the cinnamon, rice, and almond mixture with evaporated milk until a smoother mix is formed and the grains of rice are completely ground.
• Strain the resulting liquid into a pitcher, and add the sugar, vanilla, and milk. Mix well until everything is well combined.Add a liter of water, and serve with ice. Enjoy!

HORCHATA

Steps:

• Place rice in a blender; cover and process 2-3 minutes or until very fine. Transfer to a large bowl; add almonds, cinnamon stick, lime zest and hot water. Let stand, covered, at room temperature 8 hours., Discard cinnamon stick. Transfer rice mixture to a blender; cover and process 3-4 minutes or until smooth. Add sugar; process until sugar is dissolved., Place a strainer over a pitcher; line with double-layered cheesecloth. Pour rice mixture over cheesecloth; using a ladle, press mixture through strainer., Stir in cold water. Serve over ice. If desired, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve with lime.

REAL HORCHATA

Steps:

• Wash white rice and place in a plastic bowl. Add cinnamon sticks and ONLY 1 1/2 cups of the water. Cover bowl and place in refrigerator for about 2 hours.
• In a blender, blend the rice/water/cinnamon mix for about 1 minute
• On top of a pitcher, strain the rice mixture thru a fine mesh sieve. While the sieve is still on top of the mixture, pour the rest of the the 7 cups of water. Keep in mind that you will not be able to filter out all of the rice thru the sieve, so there will be some remenants of the rice mix at the bottom of the pitcher. This is Ok, just give it a quick swirl before drinking.
• Add the 1 cup sugar or more if you would like it sweeter.
• Slice the lemon into round circles and add to pitcher.
• Swirl drink with spoon before serving or drinking. Serve cold.

HORCHATA

Steps:

• Combine the ground rice, blanched almonds, cinnamon and vanilla bean and seeds with 3 1/2 cups water and let sit overnight, covered, in the refrigerator.
• The next day, strain the horchata using a strainer and cheesecloth. Press the solids against the cheesecloth-lined strainer to get out all of the liquid and serve over ice. (You could also blend the horchata, strain and serve over ice.)

AUTHENTIC HORCHATA

Steps:

• Put Rice in blender.
• Add Water to blender (until about one inch above rice).
• Add Sugar and Cinnamon.
• Blend on any higher speed until consistent.
• Strain into pitcher.
• Put remnant (whats left in the strainer) back into blender.
• Add more water (again, one inch) into blender.
• repeat steps 4-7 until all rice is done.
• add more water to the horchata if it is too sweet.
• either add ice to pitcher OR serve in cups over ice.