Kefir Horchata
Servings: 6 cups
Calories: 253kcal
My Kefir Horchata is a refreshing spin on the traditional Mexican drink made with rice, vanilla, and cinnamon. A great balance for spicy foods, enjoy it served over ice.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 5 cups water divided
- 2 cups Nancy's Organic Plain Lowfat Kefir
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup honey
- cinnamon sticks and additional ground cinnamon to garnish if desired
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add rice, cinnamon stick and 4 cups of water. Cover and allow to soak overnight.
- Remove cinnamon stick and add the rice and water mixture to a blender carafe and blend until smooth. (There will be rice solids remaining.)
- Pour the contents of blender through fine mesh strainer, into a pitcher. Reserve rice solids.
- Add rice solids back to blender carafe with 1 cup of horchata mixture from pitcher.
- Blend again. (There will be rice solids remaining.)
- Strain contents of blender through strainer into pitcher again, reserving rice solids.
- Add rice solids back to blender carafe.
- Add Kefir, 1 cup of water, vanilla, cinnamon and honey to blender carafe.
- Blend until mostly smooth.
- Strain the contents of blender carafe through strainer into the pitcher and discard the remaining rice solids.
- Whisk the horchata mixture in pitcher thoroughly and chill until cold.
- Serve over ice.
- If desired, garnish with cinnamon stick and dusting of cinnamon.
Notes
Kefir Horchata will separate if not consumed immediately. Simply whisk until completely combined and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 0.5mg