The national drink of Brazil, the Caipirinha (pronounced 'KIE-PUR-REEN-YAH'), was once almost unknown outside Brazil, but has recently become more popular and more widely available due to the rising availability of high quality brands of cachaça.
Cachaça is the most common distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil, made from sugarcane alcohol, obtained from the fermentation of sugarcane juice. Traditional Caipirinhas are made with cachaça, sugar, and crushed limes, served over ice and are always muddled (crushed with a masher or the blunt end of a wooden spoon).
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Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Cachaça
- 1/4 lime (sliced)
- 2 tbsp superfine sugar
Preparation:
- Place the sliced lime and sugar in a rocks glass and muddle well.
- Add cachaça and ice and stir. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Note: Bahama Breeze uses Leblon brand of cachaça in this recipe and guarapo (fresh squeezed sugar cane juice) instead of sugar.
This recipe was submitted by Kristen Jimenez (kjimenez@gcigroup.com)for Bahama Breeze and used with permission.
