Orshada
Recipe from the book "The First Ukrainian Everyday Cookbook" (1-ша українська загально-практична кухня), 1929, by Olha Franko.
Orshada, or almond milk, is a plant-based drink made from tiger nuts (chufa), other nuts, or grains. Its predecessor was barley water, which was dark in colour (Lat. hordeum – barley).
The earliest known recipe for "almond horchata" was found in a document dated 9 September 1748, held in the Coleccion Espinola in Valencia. Because almond milk was expensive and a luxury few could afford, almonds were replaced with tiger nuts (13 kg of tiger nuts cost as much as 200 g of almonds).
This ancient Spanish drink has gained tremendous popularity. Today, almond milk has swept across the European market and is enjoyed by those who follow a healthy lifestyle.
Ingredients
- 250 g peeled almonds*
- 1.5 l cold water
- 100 g sugar
Preparation
- Cover the almonds with cold water and leave to soak overnight.
- Drain and rinse.
- Blend the almonds, sugar, and 1 l of water in a blender.
- Strain through cheesecloth.
- Add the remaining water to the pressed almonds, blend again, and strain.
- If desired, you can add cinnamon or lemon zest.
- Set the drink aside to chill.
- The pressed almonds can be used to make a cream, pastries, or tsvibaк (twice-baked biscuits). /recipes/galushky/
міґдали – almonds