Horchata de Chufa Recipe
A milky, nutty tiger nut drink, lightly sweet with cinnamon and lemon, served bracingly cold.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Medium
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Tiger nuts (chufas), soaked overnight150 ml
- Cold water500 ml
- Sugar3 tsp
- Ground cinnamon1 pinch
- Lemon zest1 piece
How to Make It
- Drain the soaked tiger nuts and blend them with the cold water until milky.
- Strain through a fine cloth, pressing hard to extract all the liquid.
- Stir in the sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest until dissolved.
- Chill until ice cold and stir again before serving.
- Pour into a tall glass and dust with cinnamon.
Garnish
Dusting of cinnamon
The Story
Inseparable from Valencia, where tiger nuts are grown and dedicated horchaterías have served it for generations, traditionally with fartons.
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