Description
A refreshing Mexican horchata drink made with rice, cinnamon, milk, vanilla, and sugar. This creamy sweet drink chills overnight and delivers a smooth authentic flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
- 2 Mexican cinnamon sticks
- 4 cups hot water
- 2 cups milk or almond milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Add rice, 2 cups hot water, and cinnamon sticks to a blender
- Blend until rice and cinnamon are roughly ground
- Add remaining water and blend again
- Pour mixture into a pitcher with lid and refrigerate at least 8 hours
- Strain mixture through fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a clean pitcher
- Stir in milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and sugar
- Chill until ready to serve
- Stir well and serve over ice
Notes
- Use Mexican cinnamon for better flavor
- Adjust sugar according to taste
- Stir well before serving because natural separation may occur
- Serve chilled over ice for best taste
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 glass
- Calories: 269
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 42mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 53g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 10mg