Horchata

By Stef -

Jared made this for Christmas and it was awesomely good. I'd only ever had the stuff you get at Mexican restaurants, so it was nice to have a not-as-sickly-sweet (but still pleasantly sweet) homemade version. My new favorite alcoholic beverage is Rumchata, but it's $25 a bottle, so this was much more economical. Plus, the non-drinkers could enjoy this as plain Horchata, and the drinkers could add rum to it (to have Rumchata) or a fireball shot to make it more cinnamon-y. Either way, everyone wins. This get an 8 and the recipe came from myrecipes.com.

1 C. uncooked long grain rice
8 C. warm water
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 C. whole milk
1 tsp. vanulla
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 oz. spiced rum per glass (to make Rumchata)
Grated nutmeg, for garnish

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/homemade-rum-infused-horchata

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