Summertime Horchata Recipe

Summertime Horchata Recipe

  • 6 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups long grain rice, uncooked
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cinnamon stick
  • 8 fluid ounces coconut-flavored rum
  • 8 fluid ounces spiced rum
  1. Soak rice in water in a large pot, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
  2. Drain the water into a medium, 2-quart pitcher.
  3. Blend rice and cinnamon in a blender or food processor, until pasty and rice is well-broken. Transfer rice paste in the water. Let stand 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
  4. Strain the rice water through a fine sieve or cheesecloth into a large, 3-quart pitcher. Add sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon sticks; stir briefly. Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
  5. Stir in coconut rum and spiced rum until flavors are well-mixed.