Pumpkin Caipirinha Food

PUMPKIN CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut lime and place in a shaker with agave nectar and muddle.
• Add crushed ice, Leblon Cachaca, pumpkin puree and Canton in the shaker.
• Shake well and pour into an old fashioned glass.
• Garnish with nutmeg, pumpkin flesh twist and lime wheel.

CAIPIRINHAS

Steps:

• Quarter 1 lime lengthwise, then cut each quarter in half crosswise and divide pieces between 2 (6-ounce) glasses.
• Add 1 tablespoon sugar to each glass, then muddle lime pieces by pounding and pressing with a wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Fill each glass with ice and add 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) cachaça to each, stirring well. Make 6 more cocktails in same manner.

BRAZILIAN SUNSET

Steps:

• Place ice cubes in a tall Highball or Collins glass. Add cachaca and both juices, and mix gently. Slowly add the grenadine.
• Place orange slice on rim of glass, and serve with a cocktail straw.

KIWI CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In cocktail shaker, combine the lime pieces and sugar and press with a muddler, to release the juice. Add the kiwifruit and and press with muddler to crush. Fill the shaker with ice. Measure in the cachaca. Cap and shake vigorously. Pour into and old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a slice of kiwifruit.

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.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut the lime in quarters then cut them crosswise.
• Put lime and sugar in a tall glass and mash with a pestle (or a wood spoon, rolling pin, etc).
• Add the same amount of liquor on the lime juice and stirr.
• Add ice and stirr again.
• Here in Brazil, the guys that sell it at the beach put another glass upside down over it, hold both with one hand and shake.
• Great trick at parties.