Caipirinha Brazil Food

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cut half of a lime into small wedges.
• Place the lime and sugar into an old-fashioned glass and muddle well .
• Top the drink with cachaça and stir well .
• Fill the glass with small ice cubes or cracked ice , stir again, and garnish with a lime wheel. Serve and enjoy.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In a large rocks glass squeeze and drop in 2 eighths of lime. Add sugar, crush and mix with a spoon. Pour in the cachaca and plenty of ice. Stir well.

CAIPIRINHA (BRAZIL)

Steps:

• Cut the limes in half, and then cut each half into 8 pieces. Place 12 pieces of lime in each of 4 double old-fashioned glasses (or other 12-ounce glasses.) Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar into each glass. Using a muddler or the butt end of a large wooden spoon, mash the limes into the base of the glass. Try to dissolve the sugar as you do this, and stir occasionally. Fill each glass with 1 1/2 cups of ice and 1/4 cup of cachaca. Pour the contents of the glass into a shaker, and invert the glass into the shaker to act as a lid. Shake the glass and shaker to combine the sugar and cachaca for several seconds. Lift the glass from the shaker, and pour the contents back into the glass. Repeat the process with the remaining 3 glasses.

CAIPIRINHA (BRAZILIAN COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• Place lime and sugar in bottom of cocktail shaker. Muddle lime to release all the citrus juice.
• Add crushed ice and cachaca to the shaker, and shake well.
• Pour shaken cocktail into an old-fashioned glass, and serve with a garnish of fresh lime wedge.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Put the lime wedges in a large jug with the sugar, then use a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to break them down. Release as much juice from the wedges as possible, and let it mix with the sugar to create a syrup - you can also do this with a large pestle and mortar. Discard the lime peel.
• Divide the syrup and cachaça between four glasses, then top with the crushed ice. Serve garnished with lime wedges, if you like.

FROZEN CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut each of the lime halves into four chunks. Put in a large mortar with the sugar and squish well with a pestle to break them down - they will release their juices, leaving you with a sweet lime syrup. Remove the lime peel, squeeze to release the last bits of juice, then discard. Transfer the lime syrup to a small plastic container and freeze for at least 4 hrs, ideally overnight.
• When you're ready to make the cocktail, put the ice in a blender suitable for crushing ice, then add the frozen syrup and cachaça. Blend at a high speed until smooth and thick. Transfer to cocktail glasses or tumblers and serve immediately.