Best Ever Horchata Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the rice and cinnamon stick with 4 cups water in a blender; pulse to coarsely grind. Transfer to a large bowl and add another 4 cups water; soak at room temperature for 3 hours.
• Puree the rice mixture in a blender in batches until smooth. Strain through cheesecloth or a fine sieve into a pitcher. Mix in the sugar; chill.
• Stir the horchata well before serving. Pour into ice-filled glasses; garnish with cinnamon sticks and a dusting of ground cinnamon.

Steps:

• Pour sugar, cinnamon, and rice into hot water; stir until sugar dissolves. Cover, and let stand at room temperature for at least 3 hours, but preferably overnight.
• Stir in milk, then puree with a hand blender, or in batches in a standing blender until the rice resembles fine sand. Strain through several layers of cheesecloth, or through a very fine strainer. Serve over ice.

Steps:

• Pour the rice and water into the bowl of a blender; blend until the rice just begins to break up, about 1 minute. Let rice and water stand at room temperature for a minimum of 3 hours.
• Strain the rice water into a pitcher and discard the rice. Stir the milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar into the rice water. Chill and stir before serving over ice.

Steps:

• Place the rice in a bowl with enough hot water to cover.
• Let the rice sit overnight.
• Next day, remove the water.
• Place 1/2 cup of rice, and 2 cups milk in a blender.
• Blend until rice is all ground up.
• Mix in 1/4 cup sugar,.
• 1/2 teaspoons vanilla,.
• 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon.
• Do the same with the other half of the ingredients.
• Strain through cheesecloth (or whatever).
• Serve over ice.