DRINKS RECIPES
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Drinks Recipes
Horchata
From 'The Road to Mexico' by Rick Stein
Ingredients
- 200g long-grain white rice, uncooked
- 50g blanched almonds
- 750ml warm water
- 3-4cm cinnamon stick, broken and crumbled
- Pinch ground cinnamon, to serve
- 100g white caster sugar
Recipe
- Put the rice and almonds in a bowl with the 750ml of warm water.
- Add the crumbled cinnamon stick, stir well and cover with cling film. Set aside for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight, at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.
- Pour the contents of the bowl into a blender and 450ml of cold water. Blend for 2-3 minutes until as smooth as possible.
- Line a fine sieve with muslin and strain the liquid into a jug. Discard the ground rice and nuts.
- For the syrup, put the sugar in a saucepan with 100ml of water and heat to dissolve the sugar. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 3 minutes, then turn off the heat and allow to cool.
- Stir in enough of the syrup to sweeten the Horchata to your taste, then chill it well.
- Serve with ice and sprinkled with a pinch of ground cinnamon.