Homesick Horchata

Serves 4-6 Time: Overnight (8 Hours)

Ingredients:

• 2.5 Cups jasmine rice
• 6 Cups water
• 1 Cup half and half
• 1 Cup whole milk
• 2 Cinnamon sticks
• 1 Tbsp vanilla (I like Ugandan for this)
• 3/4 Cup white sugar
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/16 tsp ground clove
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Tools:

• Blender
• Fine mesh strainer

Instructions:

1. Add rice, water, cinnamon sticks, vanilla, sugar, nutmeg, cloves, and ground cinnamon to blender.
2. Blend all ingredients until rice is broken into small pieces. The rice should look fine, like micro beads.
3. Allow to sit covered in the blender at room temperature overnight.
4. In the morning re-blend, and strain through a fine mesh strainer into a pitcher.
5. Add the half and half, and milk to the rice water, and stir.
6. Taste for sweetness and spices.
7. Enjoy over ice, and think about sweet sweet Texas.