Snack · 480 min · spanish

Horchata de Chufa

A Spanish snack built around chufa tiger nuts and water — on the table in 480 minutes.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups Chufa tiger nuts
• 6 cups Water
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 strip Lemon peel
• 1 stick Cinnamon

Steps

1. Soak the tiger nuts 8 hours or overnight until plump and soft.
2. Blend with 3 cups fresh water 3 minutes until completely pulverized.
3. Strain through a fine cloth, squeezing hard; repeat the blend with 3 more cups water and strain again.
4. Stir the sugar into the milky liquid with lemon peel and cinnamon; chill at least 4 hours.
5. Remove the peel and cinnamon before serving.
6. Serve ice-cold, shaken or stirred — the starch settles quickly.
7. Valencia’s ancient drink, made from tigernuts grown in the huerta for a thousand years; nothing else tastes like it.

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