Pistachio Horchata
By Geovana Sitja
Yield
4 servings
Ingredients
2 cups pistachios, salted
1 cup white rice
1 cup 2% milk
4 packets monk fruit or 1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp vanilla
34 oz water
Instructions
In a frying pan over medium heat, add the pistachios and cinnamon stick, toast for a few minutes. Move the toasted pistachios and cinnamon stick to a bowl and add hot water and white rice. Let it rest for 2 hours.
Strain mixture in a jug and add vanilla and Monk fruit. Shake well and serve with ice. Enjoy with more pistachios on the side.
*it can be sweetened with condensed milk to taste and it is even more flavorfulÂ

American Pistachio Growers
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