CAIPIRINHAS WITH PINEAPPLE

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Though traditionally made with limes, the national cocktail of Brazil can also be made with pineapple or passion fruit

Provided by Jennifer Joyce

Categories     Cocktails

Time 15m

Yield Makes 8

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 small pineapple
juice 4 limes
bunch fresh mint
8 tbsp golden caster sugar
400ml cachaça liqueur, or light rum
crushed ice for 8 glasses
800ml pineapple juice

Steps:

  • Core the pineapple and cut into 3cm chunks. Place 8 small handfuls of pineapple, the lime juice, half the mint and the sugar into a pitcher and mash up with the end of a rolling pin or a fat wooden spoon.
  • Pour in the cachaça and a little crushed ice, then pour into 8 glasses, and add more crushed ice. Pour the pineapple juice over, filling to the rim. Garnish the glasses with extra mint sprigs and cocktail sticks with pieces of pineapple threaded on.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 433 calories, Carbohydrate 80 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 77 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein

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