Cozy Horchata Latte Recipes

Steps:

• In a high-speed blender, add the rice, almonds, cinnamon sticks and 2 cups water. Blend until the cinnamon sticks are broken up. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 14 hours.
• Strain the rice mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, reserving the liquid. Add the liquid to a blender with the espresso, sugar, ice cream and ice cubes. Blend until smooth. Divide the shake into 2 cups. Top with whipped cream, dust with cinnamon and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.

Steps:

• Blend rice drink, oats and cinnamon in blender until smooth; pour into saucepan.
• Bring just to boil on medium heat, stirring frequently; simmer on medium-low heat 5 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Add coffee granules; stir until dissolved. Pour through fine-mesh sieve into bowl. Discard strained solids. .
• Ladle prepared drink into 4 mugs.

Steps:

• Using a spice mill or coffee grinder, coarsely grind rice and transfer to a 2-qt. airtight container. Coarsely grind coffee beans and place in same container as rice. Add almonds, cinnamon stick, and 4 cups water. Cover and let soak in refrigerator overnight.
• Bring sugar and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, swirling pan occasionally to dissolve sugar, about 3 minutes. Transfer simple syrup to a heatproof container; cover and chill until cool, at least 30 minutes.
• Transfer rice mixture to a blender and blend until very smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Sweeten latte to taste with simple syrup and add salt. Serve over ice.
• Latte can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill.