Best Frozen Basil Mint Caipirinha Recipes

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Yield 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 lime, cut into small pieces
Superfine sugar
2 ounces cachaca (see Note), or white rum (to taste)
Ice cubes

Steps:

Place the lime pieces, pulp side up, in the bottom of an old fashioned glass or heavy tumbler. Add sugar to taste and crush the lime and sugar together with a pestle or the end of a wooden spoon (be sure to crush the pieces pulp side up or too much bitter lime oil will be released from the zest). Add the cachaca, stir to mix and add the ice cubes. Stir again and serve.

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Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 lime, cut into wedges
1 ounce simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cool)
2 ounces Cachaca (Brazilian liqueur)
1 ounce passion fruit puree
Crushed Ice

Steps:

Place all but 1 lime wedge in bottom of an old-fashioned glass with a little bit of crushed ice and simple syrup. Muddle all ingredients together until well blended. Fill the glass with crushed ice; pour in the Cachaca, the remaining simple syrup and the passion fruit puree. Shake vigorously and serve with a straw and the remaining lime wedge.

Caipirinha image

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Categories beverage

Time 5m

Yield 1 cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 teaspoon raw sugar
1/2 lime, sliced into chunks
Crushed ice
Cachaca (Brazilian liquor made of sugar cane)

Steps:

Add the sugar and limes to a cocktail shaker and smash a few times with a muddler. Fill a highball glass with the crushed ice. Fill the glass with cachaca, leaving 1 inch from the top. Pour the glass into the cocktail shaker, and shake really well. Move the cocktail back into the glass, pull out a straw and enjoy the buzz.