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Beverage
Mexican
6 - 8 servings
15 minutes
50 minutes
1 cup rice
2 quarts boiling water
1½ cups sugar
1 cup orange juice
¼ cup lemon juice
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup organic pineapple, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
¼ teaspoon canela (cinnamon sticks), ground to powder
4 cloves
3 tablespoons orange peel, grated
Wash the rice in several changes of water.
Have the water boiling in a saucepan and add the rice.
Cook for 35 minutes, or until extremely soft.
Force the rice and liquid through a sieve, or puree in a blender.
Combine the sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, and pineapple juice in a saucepan.
Cook until syrupy, about 10 minutes.
Add the strained rice, pineapple cubes, cinnamon, cloves and orange peel.
Bring to a boil. Remove the cloves.
Chill and serve very cold, garnished with additional fresh pineapple or other fresh fruit.
