Vanessas Horchata Food

VANESSA'S HORCHATA

Steps:

• Place about half the rice and 2 cups water in a blender; pulse until rice is roughly ground.n
• Pour about 3 cups more water in blender and add 2 cinnamon sticks; blend until cinnamon sticks are broken to pieces.n
• Pour rice mixture into a large pitcher.n
• Repeat the steps until all the rice, water, and cinnamon sticks are blended and poured into the pitcher.n
• Cover and refrigerate pitcher for at least 4 hours to overnight.n
• Strain rice mixture through a sieve into another pitcher or bowl and discard rice and cinnamon.n
• Stir soy milk, sugar, and vanilla extract into the strained liquid; chill until ready to serve.n

LOLA'S HORCHATA

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.