Horchata
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Source URL: www.davidlebovitz.com
Cuisine: Mexican
Course: Beverages
cinnamon
rice
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Who doesn't love horchata?
A comment that @snoopy made in reference to making her own rice milk made me realize that it might be possible to prepare our own horchata.
To make this, you first grind up rice, then you soak it (over night, for us it was about 24 hours) with cinnamon stick, then you grind the softened rice in the blender. Our initial rice grinding didn't do much to the grains, but the second grinding, after it soaked, really pulverized it.
After that you add sugar, then milk. The r... Read more
A comment that @snoopy made in reference to making her own rice milk made me realize that it might be possible to prepare our own horchata.
To make this, you first grind up rice, then you soak it (over night, for us it was about 24 hours) with cinnamon stick, then you grind the softened rice in the blender. Our initial rice grinding didn't do much to the grains, but the second grinding, after it soaked, really pulverized it.
After that you add sugar, then milk. The r... Read more
4 comment(s)
snoopy
· 14 years ago
Glad to inspire! I've never had or heard of horchata -- can't argue with cinnamon in my rice milk, though. I might try this without the first grinding step (my blender is very powerful, so much so that I would end up with rice flour, which I have used it to make periodically). I am confused about one aspect of the recipe -- since you are essentially making rice milk, why is more rice milk added at the end?
Queezle_Sister
· 14 years ago
Horchata is a mexican drink -- real yummy, but sometimes too sweet.
snoopy
· 14 years ago
Ok, so after reading your review, and another horchata recipe from a cook book on my shelf, I tried a hybrid version. I soaked 1/4 c. short grain brown rice, 1/4 c. slivered almonds, about a 1/2 inch piece of lime zest, some ground cinnamon (no cinnamon sticks on hand), and 3 pitted dates over night in 2 cups water. Then I poured everything in the blender, whirred it up, and strained the milk through a tea towel (to catch rice flour/almond meal particles - I bet these leftovers would work in baked goods like people use okara, soymilk leftovers). Very tasty and not too sweet!
Queezle_Sister
· 14 years ago
Your modifications sound fabulous.