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Siempre Homemade

Coconut Horchata

A coconut milk horchata inspired by traditional horchata, using coconut milk instead of evaporated milk.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup long grain rice
  • 2 stick stick cinnamon
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp coconut extract
  • ice (lots of ice)
  • sugar (optional)

Garnish

  • cinnamon stick (fresh)

Directions

  1. 1

    Rinse and soak the rice and cinnamon in 3 cups of water in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight

  2. 2

    Add everything to a blender and blend until smooth.

  3. 3

    Strain into a pitcher, with lots of ice and garnish with grated cinnamon and a cinnamon stick. If the condensed milk doesn’t sweeten it enough to your liking add additional sugar to taste.