Comments on: In December, drinking horchata…

By: Talley

Talley — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:15:08 +0000

hah! that’s a funny image. I can’t say that straining the drink was my favorite part either. we used a coffee grinder to grind the rice… it was finely ground, for sure, but i still think it’d probably feel too gritty in the finished drink if not for the straining step. So, I think you’re best bet is to focus on the straining rather than on getting finer ground rice. (that said, if you do try the rice flour and it works well for you, let us know! . . . you might also find rice powder in asian markets, though most of it is toasted)
As for straining, it really helped that we have one of those old “actual” cheese-cloths (made of cloth): the holes are much smaller, so you can really filter out the fine particles, and pressing with the potato ricer doesn’t just end up forcing everything through the cheesecloth as with the disposable kind. Maybe see if you can find one of those real cheesecloths? that might help the gritty problem… but nothing I know of allows you to skip the annoying straining step.

By: liz@zested

liz@zested — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:05:35 +0000

I love both Vampire Weekend and horchata (I order it so often at my local mexican place that they just hand me a cup when I walk in). However, making it last year was a total disaster. I couldn't get the rice ground fine enough to not feel gritty, and ended up covered head-to-toe in rice dregs while trying to force it through the cheesecloth. Do you know if you can use rice flour instead? .-= liz@zested´s last blog ..Austin on an iPhone =-.

By: Lily Balsen

Lily Balsen — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:00:25 +0000

The saturation of color in the photo is incredible… really captures sweet/chilly/refreshing horchata.

Thank you.

By: Carter @ The Kitchenette

Carter @ The Kitchenette — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:41:33 +0000

I *adore* Vampire Weekend. I think that it’s amazing that you made Horchata after hearing them! So great.

By: Zev Balsen

Zev Balsen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:29:58 +0000

Che peccato! Hai mancato l’ottima horchata quando eri a San Francisco. Devi tornare subito.

By: Talley

Talley — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:10:30 +0000

We let it sit out covered at room temperature.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:59:42 +0000

Do you let it stand like on your table or inside the fridge??

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:59:39 +0000

What a cool fusion of pop culture-meets-foodies! I’ve been wondering what Horchata was, because there is a Czech drink called ‘horka cokolada” and was curious if it was a similar Spanish counterpart. Not so, thanks to your detective work! I can’t wait to try it!

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:02:55 +0000

Like you, I had never heard of Horchata before until that song. Love that song. Keeps me thinking that warm weather is coming soon. The recipe seems easy enough, I might give it a try.

By: Nhiro

Nhiro — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:47:26 +0000

As soon as you mentioned Vampire Weekend, I thought “horchata”. Saw them once in concert, but I wasn’t too impressed. This drink, however, looks great. Thanks for the recipe.