| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 5 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Inactive: | 1 hr |
| Yield: | 4 (8-ounce) servings |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup piloncillo sugar, grated
- 1 quart warm water
- 2 ounces old fashioned rolled oats, not instant
- 1 small lime, peeled, body halved and reserved
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds, optional
Instructions
- Dissolve the sugar in the water in a large container. Steep the oatmeal, lime peel, and cardamom, if using, in the sugar water for 1 hour. Strain and serve over ice with a squeeze of lime juice.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 154 |
| Total Fat | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 36 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 25 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 10 mg |
Reviews
My grandmother and my mother in Puerto Rico did the refresco de avena with just the vanilla extract and sugar for us when we were little. This is especially good on a hot day. I’m now older but this brings back so many memories. I
I enjoy this drink very much. I wasn’t able to find the sugar he recommends so I used about 2/3 the amount of brown sugar. I’ve used Lime, Lemon, Orange. My dog loves the spent oats. I’m thinking Tequila would be a good addition.
Delicious, refreshing, and dietary fiber? ‘Nuff said!
My husband and I are not originally from the South like Alton so I used 1/2 the sugar. We found it worked out well. Now we make it a few times a week. We have tried it with true cinnamon and enjoy it chilled. My cousins from the former Panama Canal Zone love it, and say they used to call it Fresco Avena for short, and apart from not quite sweet as they remember, were so thrilled when I served it to them at our family BBQ.
A nice way to get away from the soda pop! I have tried this several times, each time changing the optional “spice”, cinnamon being a rather tasty option.
It is very tasty,,, Not sure why Alton says it is good for you? That type of sugar is really hard. It breaks down real well using a meat mallet,
Fantastic beverage. I’m fighting the urge to add some rum but think I’m going to lose that battle (cachaca would probably be more appropriate though if I had some, oatmeal caipirinha anyone?). Need to find a way to use the spent oats though. Maybe in place of the cooked oats in the bread recipe from the same episode?
Love it. Made it twice. Once just like the recipe says and once with agave nectar (instead of sugar), lemon (instead of lime) and I forgot the cardamon. Both versions were great. This is similar to the Alton’s barley water lemonade. Great to have something healthy to drink at my desk during the day!
I love this! It’s so tasty that I had to make a double batch the second time. I used regular brown sugar instead of piloncillo. And the steeped oats made good eats, too. Similar to horchata.