Easy
Mexican
Horchata
Traditional rice and cinnamon drink
200
Total Minutes
4
Servings
Vegetarian
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
200 min
Prep Time
0 min
Cook Time
200 min
Total Time
Ingredients (8 items)
200.00 g
Long grain rice
uncooked
1.00 large
Cinnamon stick
Mexican canela preferred
400.00 ml
Whole milk
warm
200.00 ml
Sweetened condensed milk
canned
1.00 tsp
Vanilla extract
pure vanilla
50.00 g
Almonds
blanched
500.00 ml
Water
warm
1.00 tsp
Ground cinnamon
for dusting
Instructions (6 steps)
1
Soak rice and cinnamon stick in warm water for 3 hours.
180 minutes
2
Add almonds to rice mixture for last hour of soaking.
60 minutes
3
Pour entire mixture into blender and blend until smooth.
4
Strain through fine mesh strainer, pressing solids.
5
Stir in milk, condensed milk, and vanilla extract.
6
Serve over ice with ground cinnamon sprinkled on top.