Best Ginger Caipirinhas Recipes

Tangerine-Ginger Caipirinhas image

Provided by Amber Levinson

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 small chopped seeded tangerines or small oranges (no need to peel)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated peeled ginger
3/4 cup tangerine juice
1 1/2 cup cachaça (Brazilian sugarcane liquor) or vodka

Steps:

Divide tangerines or small oranges among 6 tumblers. Add 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon grated peeled ginger to each glass. Crush the ingredients in the bottom of the glass with a muddler or handle of a wooden spoon. Top each drink with 2 tablespoons tangerine juice and 1/4 cup cachaa (Brazilian sugarcane liquor) or vodka. Fill glasses with ice cubes, stir, and serve.

Ginger Caipirinhas image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 4

24 1/4-inch-thick slices peeled fresh ginger
3/4 to 1 1/2 cups sugar
12 limes, quartered, plus thin wedges for serving
1 bottle (750 ml) cachaca

Steps:

Place 2 ginger slices and 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar in each of 12 tumblers. Use a muddler to mash ginger. Add a quartered lime to each; crush with muddler. Fill glasses with coarsely crushed ice, add a scant 1/4 cup cachaca to each, and stir well. Squeeze lime wedges into glasses and serve.

Ginger and Lychee Caipirinhas image

Yield Makes 8

Number Of Ingredients 7

8 tablespoons ginger syrup , divided
16 drained canned lychees in syrup (8 tablespoons syrup reserved), divided
4 limes, each cut into 8 wedges, divided
16 teaspoons Velvet Falernum liqueur,* divided
2 cups cachaça,* divided
8 cups ice cubes, divided
*Velvet Falernum, a liqueur from Barbados, and cachaça, a Brazilian liquor made from sugarcane juice, are available at some liquor stores.

Steps:

Place 8 rocks glasses on work surface. Place 1 tablespoon ginger syrup , 2 lychees and 1 tablespoon lychee syrup, 4 lime wedges, and 2 teaspoons Velvet Falernum in bottom of each glass. Using muddler or wooden spoon, mash lime wedges. Add 1/4 cup cachaça, then 1 cup ice cubes to each glass and stir to blend.