Horchata
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Martha Stewart Living, May 2011
- Prep Time 15 minutes
- Total Time 1 hour
- Yield Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup rice or almond flour (bobsredmill.com)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup dark or light rum (optional)
- Ice cubes
- Garnish: ground cinnamon and cinnamon sticks
Directions
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Bring whole milk and cinnamon stick to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, and transfer to a bowl. Whisk in condensed milk, flour, and vanilla. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
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Strain mixture through a fine sieve, and stir in rum if using. Divide among 4 ice-filled glasses. Garnish with ground cinnamon and cinnamon sticks.
Cook's Note
Strained horchata can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.
the first time i made this it was not really horchata AT ALL. I would suggest using almond flour instead (traditional horchata uses it), and rice milk. stir in some ground cinnamon as it simmers, and only use about half of the recommended sweetened condensed milk.
(continued) you can make a simple syrup with the sugar and some extra water, vanilla and cinnamon sticks. Let it simmer awhile (5 min) to let the cinnamon infuse. Strain the rice water to remove the rice and add the simple syrup
This is not authentic Horchata in the least. It is much too thick and is not made with milk, but rather water with a splash of milk. This recipe would be better for making ice cream. 1 cup of long grain rice, 4 cups of water, 1 cup of milk, 2 cinnamon sticks, a vanilla bean and 3/4 - 1 cup of sugar. Horchata is a rice infusion so using rice flour is a bit much. Just blend the water and rice in a blender for about a minute then stick it in the fridge at least 4 hours to overnight.
Made this twice. First time, too creamy & sweet, like melted vanilla ice cream (not always a bad thing).
Second time=fabulous, with changes: we skipped the whole milk & condensed milk. Instead: 4 c nonfat milk plus 1/2 c half and half (its what we had on hand), 1/3c sugar plus 1/4 c powdered milk (to sort of approximate condensed milk). Cooled it on counter for 1 hr, strained it with standard sieve til we got to the bottom grit, tossed the grit. Put the cinn stick back in to increase flavor.