Drink · 20 min · Amounts not specified
Cinnamon rice cooler
Blend soaked rice, strain. Chill.
The sheet · 2 tall glasses · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. Blend soaked rice, strain. Chill.
What it needs
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- rice
- cinnamon
- milk
- honey
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: vanilla.
Method
- Soak the rice in water with a cinnamon stick overnight — no cooking anywhere in this drink.
- Blend the soaked rice with its water, then strain through a cloth. The straining is the whole job and rushing it leaves grit.
- Milk and honey stirred into the strained liquid, then chilled hard.
- It separates as it stands, which is normal. Stir it again before pouring rather than trying to prevent it.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- rice
- Starch that either steams or fries, and the two want opposite things.
- cinnamon
- Warm and sweet-smelling without being sweet, which is why it works in a stew as readily as in a pastry.
- milk
- Softness and a little sweetness.
- honey
- Sweetness with a floral edge and enough body to change the texture of what it is in.
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