Vegan Horchata
A refreshing Vegan Horchata recipe is a creamy, slightly sweet rice milk drink with a hint of cinnamon and vanilla. It's a lovely white alcohol-free cocktail for Christmas or to refresh in summer.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 5 hr 40 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/4 cup Uncooked Long-grain White Rice
- 3 cups Water
- 2 cups Almond Milk (avoid UHT plant-based milk that are more watery )
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 - 2/3 cup Cane Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
Instructions
- 1
In a blender, add uncooked rice and water. Blend on the high-speed setting until it breaks up roughly and the water is white and cloudy. Set aside in the fridge overnight in a sealed container.
- 2
The next day, stir the rice mixture, pour the rice mixture into a fine-mesh strainer over a mixing bowl. Discard the rice in the mesh.
- 3
In the mixing bowl, stir in almond milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and sugar. You can blend again for a few seconds to combine the sugar into the milk. Adjust the sugar to taste. I used 1/3 cup for a low-sugar drink. Add up to 2/3 cup of sugar.
- 4
Transfer to a pitcher and store in the fridge until time to serve.
- 5
Give a good stir in the pitcher before serving and serve over ice cubes with a stick of cinnamon.
- 6
Store up to 5 days in a sealed jug in the fridge.