Peach Pistachio Horchatta Popsicles - Gluten Free and Vegan
 
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Summertime means stone fruits, popsicles and cool drinks. Combining the two in this Peach Horchata Popsicles. A delicious peach jam swirled in the horchata mix with strawberry preserve makes this is delicious treat. You can't believe it's not cream/milk based.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 10-15
Ingredients
  • Peach Jam - ⅓ cup
  • Strawberry or any jam of your choice - ⅓ cup
Thick Horchata - 4 cups, unsweetened
  • 2 cup of white rice
  • ½ cup pistachios
  • 5-8 whole cardamom
  • ½ cinnamon stick(use either cardamom or cinnamom).
  • 1 Liter of water
  • 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk, condensed coconut milk for VEGAN option
  • paper cups - small or popsicle molds
Instructions
Horchata
  1. Wash the rice and pistachios well with cold water. Drain out all the water. Later add 3 cups of boiling water. Let it stay in room temperature and soak for at least 5 hours to overnight(best creamy results).
  2. After it's soaked overnight, take it out from the refrigerator and peel all the pistachio skin.
  3. Add another cup of boiling water, break the cinnamon stick in half, add the cardamom and place the water, rice, and cardamom. Keep the water separate and blend only the rice and pistachios with ½ cup of water to a very smooth paste. Puree for 2-3 minutes. Add it to the water that it was soaking it.
  4. Pour the liquid through a fine strainer lined with a double layer of cheesecloth, into a pitcher. Mix well and strain with a fine cheese cloth or a white clean cloth.Squeeze the excess liquid and discard the solids.
  5. Stir in the condensed milk. You can add more or less of sweetener.
  6. Fill a small cup ¼, and put it in the freezer for 15 minutes. Take it out and stir the melted and cooled peach jam. Fill the paper cup or popsicle mold full and freeze for another 30 minutes. Take it out and stir in the melted strawberry preserve.
  7. Freeze for 5 hours or overnight.
  8. When ready to serve, cut out the paper cup and dip it in pistachios.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2018/06/22/peach-horchata-popsicles/