How To Make Homemade Horchata
If you love Rumchata you will be surprised to learn you can make it yourself at home. Homemade Horchata is the real authentic Mexican drink made with rice milk, almond milk, and cinnamon.
Made with or without rum it is a delicious, refreshing and easy to make almond and rice milk drink.
Making Homemade Horchata is as simple as mixing a few ingredients together and pouring over ice. And tastes 100% better than Rumchata.
How to make Agua de Horchata
If you're the adventurous type you could really go all out and make Agua de Horchata by mixing long grain white rice with almonds and soaking them in water before blending it together and draining the mixture through cheesecloth.
The remaining milky liquid is homemade authentic Horchata.
If you're not down for all the extra work you can buy a container of unsweetened almond milk and rice milk at the grocery store and follow the recipe below for my version of Horchata.
What Alcohol to mix with Horchata?
Rum is the traditional alcohol to mix with homemade Horchata but you can also mix whiskey or vodka with Horchata.
How To Make Homemade Horchata
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 2 cups rice milk
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (I used my homemade vanilla extract)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup white rum (optional)
Directions to make Horchata (Dairy-free Horchata recipe)
- In a pitcher mix the almond milk, rice milk, sugar, vanilla extract and ground cinnamon.
- Add the white rum if using or skip the rum for an alcohol-free homemade horchata.
- Refrigerate homemade Horchata until ready to serve.
- See note on how long homemade Horchata stays good for.
- 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- juice of one lime
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small wide bowl (wide enough for your glass) or on a saucer.
- Place the lime juice in a small bowl that is wide enough to fit the rim of your glass in.
- Dip the glass rim in the lime juice and immediately dip the glass rim into the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Place ½ a cup of the almond milk mixture into a cocktail shaker full of ice.
- Shake until chilled well.
- Strain into rimmed glass and serve.
- Makes 8 Martini size glasses of Horchata
Print the How To Make Homemade Horchata recipe below
How To Make Homemade Horchata
Ingredients
Homemade Horchata Ingredients
- 2 cups almond milk
- 2 cups rice milk
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract I used my homemade vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup white rum optional
Horchata Glass Rim Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons turbinado sugar
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 whole lime, juiced
Instructions
Directions to make Homemade Horchata (Dairy free Horchata recipe)
- In a pitcher mix the almond milk, rice milk, sugar, vanilla extract and ground cinnamon.
- Add the white rum if using or skip the rum for an alcohol-free homemade horchata.
- Refrigerate homemade Horchata until ready to serve.
To Rim the Horchata glass
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small wide bowl (wide enough for your glass) or on a saucer.
- Place the lime juice in a small bowl that is wide enough to fit the rim of your glass in.
- Dip the glass rim in the lime juice and immediately dip the glass rim into the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
How to mix and serve Horchata
- Pour ½ a cup of the Horchata mixture into a cocktail shaker full of ice.
- Shake until chilled well.
- Strain into rimmed glass and serve.
- Makes 8- 10 Martini size glasses of homemade Horchata
Notes
- Check the expiration date on the containers of almond milk and rice milk. Your homemade horchata will last until the closest expiration date as long as it stays refrigerated.
- Homemade Horchata is dairy free.
- Skip the rum for an alcohol-free homemade horchata.
