Horchata

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Wouldn't it be great if I actually took pictures of this stuff myself?

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/3 cup uncooked white long-grain rice
• 5 cups water
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cinnamon sticks or 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup white sugar
  

Put 1 1/3 cup rice in the blender with 2 cups of water and the 2 cinnamon sticks. Blend until the rice and cinnamon are roughly ground - about a minute or so. Add the remaining water and blend thoroughly. Pour into a pitcher (or keep in your blender if it DOESN'T leak) and place in the refrigerator to soak (overnight is best) but at the very least 4-5 hours. Stir (or blend if it is still in the blender) the mixture before you strain it through a sieve. Add the milk, SUGAR, and vanilla - stir and serve over ice.

Just an FYI: I usually do 1/2 cup of sugar and think it tastes fine, but Ross insists on using more...