Agua de Horchata
Creamy rice and cinnamon drink—sweet, comforting, and cooling
- 1 cuplong grain rice(uncooked)
- 5 cupswater(divided)
- 1cinnamon stick(Mexican canela preferred)
- ½ cupsugar(adjust to taste)
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- ground cinnamongarnish
- 1Soak rice and cinnamon stick in 2 cups water overnight or at least 4 hours
- 2Blend soaked rice mixture until very smooth
- 3Add remaining 3 cups water and blend again
- 4Strain through fine mesh or cheesecloth, squeezing to extract liquid
- 5Stir in sugar and vanilla
- 6Chill and serve over ice
- 7Dust with ground cinnamon
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Horchata came to Mexico from Spain, which inherited it from the Moors. The Mexican version, made with rice, cinnamon, and sometimes almonds or vanilla, became an essential agua fresca. Its creamy sweetness is the perfect cooling complement to spicy Mexican food.
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