Mexican Dairy-Free Horchata

Name: Mexican Dairy-Free Horchata
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 59 milliliters 1/4 – 1/3 cup white granulated sugar, honey, or agave nectar; 118 milliliters basmati or long grain white rice; 237 milliliters blanched, peeled almonds; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 Lime wedges (optional); 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 946 milliliters water

Mexican Dairy-Free Horchata might be just the Mexican recipe you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 18g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 668 calories. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 2. It works best as a main course, and is done in around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cinnamon stick, basmati, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the basmati rice you could follow this main course with the Basmati Rice Pudding with Toasted Coconut as a dessert.

Instructions

Grind the rice into as fine powder a powder as you can manage using a coffee/spice grinder.

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Coffee

Rice

Place the ground rice, almonds, and cinnamon stick into a large bowl, pour 2 cups of hot water over top, cover, and leave overnight to soak.The next day, place the rice mixture in your blender, and blend on high until the mixture is as smooth as possible.

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Cinnamon Stick

Almonds

Water

Rice

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Blender

Bowl

Add the remaining 2 cups of water, vanilla, and sugar to taste, and give it another quick blend. Strain the horchata through a fine mesh strainer first, then through a double layer of cheesecloth or nylon. Squeeze the material to extract as much of the liquid as possible. If the mixture is still a bit too thick for your liking, feel free to blend in a bit more water.

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Extract

Vanilla

Sugar

Water

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Sieve

Cheesecloth

Serve over ice and garnish each glass with a lime wedge, if desired.

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Lime Wedge

Ice

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Servings:

59milliliters

1/4 – 1/3 cup white granulated sugar, honey, or agave nectar 118milliliters

basmati or long grain white rice 237milliliters

blanched, peeled almonds 1

cinnamon stick 4

Lime wedges (optional)1teaspoons

vanilla extract 946milliliters

water

Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Mexican on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Willamette Valley Vineyards Whole Cluster rosé of Pinot Noir with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 20 dollars per bottle.