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Juicy strawberries meet creamy Mexican horchata in a frosty pink smoothie with cinnamon, vanilla, and a silky rice finish. 🍓✨

Ingredients

• Horchata rice base 🌾
• 🌾 60 g uncooked long-grain white rice (⅓ cup / 2.1 oz)
• 💧 180 ml hot water (¾ cup / 6 fl oz)
• 🌿 1 small cinnamon stick
• 🥛 240 ml cold milk (1 cup / 8 fl oz) dairy
• 🌼 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Strawberry smoothie 🍓
• 🍓 350 g ripe strawberries, hulled (12.3 oz / about 2½ cups)
• 🥛 180 ml cold milk (¾ cup / 6 fl oz) dairy
• 🥫 60 g sweetened condensed milk (3 tbsp / 2.1 oz) dairy
• 🌿 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 🧂 1 small pinch fine sea salt
• 🧊 180 g ice cubes (about 1½ cups / 6.3 oz)
• To finish ✨
• 🍓 Fresh strawberry slices
• 🌿 Ground cinnamon
• 🥛 Small splash of cold milk, optional dairy
• 🌾 Toasted rice crumbs, optional

Preparation

• 1 Soak the rice 🌾 Place the uncooked rice and cinnamon stick in a heatproof bowl. Pour over the hot water and leave for 30 minutes so the rice begins to soften and release its starch.
• 2 Blend the horchata base 🥛 Remove the cinnamon stick. Transfer the rice and soaking water to a blender and blend for approximately 60 seconds until the rice is finely broken down.
• 3 Strain the rice mixture ✨ Pour the blended rice mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl. Press lightly, then discard the coarse rice solids.
• 4 Flavor the horchata 🌿 Stir 240 ml cold milk and vanilla into the strained rice liquid. Chill briefly while preparing the strawberries.
• 5 Prepare the strawberries 🍓 Wash, hull, and halve the strawberries. Reserve several attractive slices for finishing the glasses.
• 6 Build the smoothie 🥤 Add the strawberries, 300 ml of the prepared horchata base, 180 ml cold milk, condensed milk, ground cinnamon, and salt to the blender.
• 7 Blend until creamy ✨ Blend for 35–45 seconds until the strawberries are completely smooth and the mixture becomes pale pink and creamy.
• 8 Add the ice 🧊 Add the ice cubes and blend again until thick, cold, and frosty.
• 9 Adjust the texture 🥛 If the smoothie is thicker than desired, add a small splash of cold milk and pulse briefly. The finished drink should remain thick enough to coat the inside of the glass.
• 10 Taste and balance 🍓 Taste the smoothie. Add a little more condensed milk only if the strawberries are unusually tart, or an extra pinch of cinnamon for a stronger horchata aroma.
• 11 Serve immediately 🍽️ Pour into chilled glasses. Finish with strawberry slices and a light dusting of cinnamon. Serve immediately while thick and icy.

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