Homemade Barista Style Rice Milk with Cooked Rice
When toasted before cooking, the rice takes on a light caramel colour and a nutty flavor
Homemade Barista Blend Rice Milk with Cooked Rice
When untoasted, the rice milk remains bright white. It has less of a nutty flavor, but is still very delicious and creamy. The vanilla flavor may taste more prominent in this version.
If you’ve been here before then you know that I love making my own rice milk and oat milk. In this post I’ll explain how to make your own barista style rice milk. What makes it a barista style blend? Well, it is thicker, creamier, a bit sweeter, nuttier, and has a distinct vanilla flavor. The texture is more stable (it doesn’t separate as easily), making it better suited to hot drinks and iced coffees than regular rice milk which has a tendency to separate. You may recall in my regular homemade rice milk recipe, I mentioned that I prefer to use it for cooking and baking since the rice is raw. In this recipe, the rice is both toasted and boiled.
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Ingredients for Homemade Barista Blend Rice Milk with Cooked Rice
1/2 cup uncooked sushi rice
1/2 cup uncooked jasmine or basmati rice
2 cup water + 5 cups water
2 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tbsp. avocado oil
1/2 tsp sea salt
How to make Homemade Barista Blend Rice Milk with Cooked Rice
Add both types of rice to a dry pot and toast on medium heat until the rice smells nutty and is lightly browned. This will take several minutes.
Proceed to cook the rice according to package directions. For my rice, I added 2 cups of boiling water, brought it to a boil, then turned down to simmer, put the lid on, and steamed it for 20 minutes.
Once the rice is finished cooking, transfer it to a bowl to come down in temperature. Once it is cool enough to handle, add it to a high powered blender with 5 cups of water. Blend for about 2 minutes. You may need to do this one minute at a time and then pause, depending on your blender.
Add the rice milk, vanilla, maple syrup, avocado oil, and sea salt back into the blender and blend for one minute.
Transfer the rice milk to bottles or jars to store in the fridge. You will have to shake it up before use as the ingredients will settle.
If you prefer regular or uncooked rice milk, check out my other Homemade Rice Milk video!
You may also like my recipe for how to make oat milk at home!