Caipirinha Recipe

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

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Serve immediately garnished with a lime slice.

How to Make Caipirinha

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:

1. juice 3 of the limes and set aside – you’ll want about a 1/3 of a cup of juice, give or take
2. cut the other 2 limes in 8 pieces each
3. 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
4. add the lime juice and the cachaça to the muddled limes and stir gently to dissolve the sugar – approx. 2 minutes
5. fill 2 cups with ice, and top them with caipirinha

Caipirinha Recipe

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:

1. Cut the lime in half, lengthwise, and remove the pith in the middle.
2. Put the lime pieces with the flesh up in the cocktail shaker or glass, and add the sugar on top of them.
3. With the muddler, gently press the lime pieces to release the juice.
4. Add the ice cubes and cachaça to the cocktail shaker and shake it.
5. If you’re muddling it in the glass, simply add the ice cubes and cachaça, and stir well.
6. If you wish, you can garnish the glass with a lime slice.

Caipirinha

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:

1. 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.
2. Hold each quarter upright by the skin side, and slice down through the white pith, removing and discarding it.
3. Lay each pith-less lime quarter, skin side down, and cut crosswise in half. You should end up with 8 wedges per lime.
4. 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.
5. Add enough crushed ice to fill the glass, then pour the cachaça.
6. Serve with stirrers, so your guests can stir their own caipirinhas!

Caipirinha Cocktail Recipe