Horchata

Ingredients

• One cup of long grain white rice
• One cinnamon stick
• Cinnamon powder (optional)
• Six cups of water
• Twelve oz of evaporated milk
  
• Sugar (optional)
• Fourteen oz of sweetened condensed milk
• One and half tsp of vanilla extract
• Half a cup of whole milk

Directions

1. Place rice and cinnamon stick in a bowl with six cups of water.
2. Let it sit for about 4-5 hours but it is preferred to let it sit overnight.
3. Once the rice has been in the water long enough place rice in blender, water and all.
4. Add in evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, and vanilla extract into the blender.
5. Blend then strain.
6. Sugar and cinnamon powder can be added when served per liking. 

Source — Our Family Recipe
Prepared by Rosario Hernandez
Louisiana Anthology
July 15, 2021