{"id":24522,"date":"2017-02-04T00:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T05:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therockysafari.com\/?p=24522"},"modified":"2021-03-25T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T03:29:18","slug":"horchata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2017\/02\/04\/horchata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wondrous Taste of Tigernut Horchata and Fartons"},"content":{"rendered":"
One sweet and\u00a0delicious\u00a0drink\u00a0Jorge introduced me to\u00a0while in Spain was\u00a0horchata<\/strong>:\u00a0a beverage made up of either ground\u00a0tigernuts<\/strong>, almonds, sesame seeds, barley, or rice. Although the exact\u00a0etymology of its name is unknown, the\u00a0word horchata is derived from “orxata” which in Valencian is\u00a0related to a root word that\u00a0means “made from barley.” However, the drink is generally no longer made from barley as tigernuts\u00a0are\u00a0currently the most common main ingredient.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Horchata de chufa<\/strong>, the variation\u00a0most popular in Spain, is made of tigernuts, water, and sugar. Lacking milk, the drink is perfect for lactose-intolerant people searching\u00a0for a nice milk-like refreshment. Tigernut horchata\u00a0has a wonderfully sweet flavor that goes phenomenally well\u00a0with baked goods like the farton <\/strong>which are\u00a0commonly consumed with it. Fartons are the long powdered sugar-covered sticks in the photograph above. Soft, fluffy, and great\u00a0for dipping.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jorge and I ordered two cups of horchata and four fartons for breakfast from\u00a0Horchater\u00eda Santa Catalina<\/strong>: a local horchateria in Valencia. We dipped the\u00a0fartons into the horchata\u00a0allowing them to absorb the drink’s sweet tigernut flavor. (Side note:\u00a0if you have never heard of tigernuts before, it is fine. I never had either. I’d compare the taste\u00a0to hazelnut although it is not quite the same.)<\/p>\n