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Iced Almond Drink ( Almond Horchata )
Ingredients
1 cup Blanched whole almonds

2 cup Boiling water

1 Inch piece cinnamon stick

1/3 cup Sugar or to taste

1 Lime zest, freshly grated

2 cup Ice PLUS additional for

Glasses

Preparation
Source: Gourmet Mag. 4/97



In a blender combine all ingredients except ice and let stand in blender 5 minutes. Blend mixture on low speed and gradually work up to high speed (use caution when blending hot liquids). Blend mixture on high speed 3 minutes. Add 2 cups ice and blend until melted.



Pour mixture through a large sieve lined with a double layer of dempened cheesecloth into a bowl, stirring and discard solids.



Fill 4 tall glasses with additional ice and =horchata=. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and lime zest.



Note* The flavor of horchata improves if made 1 day in ahead and chilled, covered.



From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net



Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #093 by Suzy <suzy@gannett.infi.net> on Apr 3, 1997

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