Caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, is simple but incredibly delicious and refreshing! Made with only 4 ingredients and no special equipment or bartending skills necessary. Follow my recipe for the best, foolproof caipirinha you will ever make!
Classic Brazilian caipirinha cocktails
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Easy recipe to prepare traditional Brazilian caipirinha cocktails, made with limes, sugar, cachaca rum liquor, and crushed ice.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Yield: 1
Serving Size: 1 g
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 g
Ingredients:
- 1-2 limes (sliced in half lengthwise and the pith removed, can be cut in quarters after the pith is removed)
- 1-2 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 ounces of cachaca
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lime juice – optional
- Crushed ice
- Lime slices
Instruction:
- Either directly in a short glass or in a cocktail shaker, combine the lime halves or quarters with the sugar and use a muddler to gently crush and squeeze out the lime juice from the limes.
- Add the cachaca and lime juice, stir or shake well. If using a cocktail shaker pour the drink, including the muddled limes, into a short glass with crushed ice. If making the drink directly in the glass, add crushed ice and stir.
- Serve immediately garnished with a lime slice.
How to Make Caipirinha
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The classic caipirinha is the mother of all Brazilian cocktails. This refreshing 3-ingredient drink, is the perfect treat to spend a great summer afternoon with your amigos and familia. It’s a delicious cocktail that pairs wonderfully with a churrasco, and all things grilled. Your summer bbq festas will never be the same! – recipe makes 2 servings.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Yield: 2
Ingredients:
- 5 whole limes
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3/4 cup cachaça
- ice (to taste)
Instruction:
- juice 3 of the limes and set aside – you’ll want about a 1/3 of a cup of juice, give or take
- cut the other 2 limes in 8 pieces each
- Add the sugar and the lime pieces to a cup and muddle until you’ve juiced all the little pieces and they’re nicely combined with the sugar
- add the lime juice and the cachaça to the muddled limes and stir gently to dissolve the sugar – approx. 2 minutes
- fill 2 cups with ice, and top them with caipirinha
Caipirinha Recipe
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This caipirinha recipe is pretty straightforward and delicious to sip with friends or family on a sunny day.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Serving Size: 1
Nutrition Facts: calories 52 calories, Carbohydrate 15 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 0 grams fat, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 0 grams protein, Saturated Fat 0 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1, Sodium 2 milligrams sodium, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Trans Fat 0 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 0 grams unsaturated fat
Ingredients:
- 3 ounces (90 milliliters) cachaça
- 1 lime, quartered
- 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
- Ice cubes
Instruction:
- Cut the lime in half, lengthwise, and remove the pith in the middle.
- Put the lime pieces with the flesh up in the cocktail shaker or glass, and add the sugar on top of them.
- With the muddler, gently press the lime pieces to release the juice.
- Add the ice cubes and cachaça to the cocktail shaker and shake it.
- If you’re muddling it in the glass, simply add the ice cubes and cachaça, and stir well.
- If you wish, you can garnish the glass with a lime slice.
Caipirinha
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Caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, is simple but incredibly delicious and refreshing! Made with only 4 ingredients and no special equipment or bartending skills necessary. Follow my recipe for the best, foolproof caipirinha you will ever make!
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Serving Size: 1
Nutrition Facts: calories 137 calories, Carbohydrate 39 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 0 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 0 grams fat, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, Saturated Fat 0 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1, Sodium 3 grams sodium, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Trans Fat 0 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 0 grams unsaturated fat
Ingredients:
- 2 limes
- 1 to 2 tablespoons of sugar (or sweetener)
- 1.5 to 2 ounces cachaça
- Crushed ice
Instruction:
- Start by slicing off the end (about 1/4-inch) of each fruit. Then, cut each lime in half, lengthwise, and then in half again, producing 4 quarters per lime.
- Hold each quarter upright by the skin side, and slice down through the white pith, removing and discarding it.
- Lay each pith-less lime quarter, skin side down, and cut crosswise in half. You should end up with 8 wedges per lime.
- Place the lime wedges, flesh side up, and the sugar in an Old Fashioned glass. Using a muddler, muddle just until the lime release their juices.
- Add enough crushed ice to fill the glass, then pour the cachaça.
- Serve with stirrers, so your guests can stir their own caipirinhas!