Best Tangerine Ginger Caipirinhas Recipes

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GINGER CAIPIRINHAS



Ginger Caipirinhas image

Spice up the classic from Brazil -- made with the spirit cachaca, which is derived from sugarcane -- by muddling fresh ginger along with the lime.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

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 CAIPIRINHA



Ginger Caipirinha image

This ginger caipirinha recipe is one of designer Francisco Costa's favorite cocktails -- be sure to also try his Fresh Passion-Fruit Caipirinha.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Yield Makes one cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 lime, cut into quarters
2 tablespoons sugar
1 slice peeled fresh ginger
Crushed ice
2 ounces cachaca
Sugar cane stick, for garnish

Steps:

  • Add lime quarters, sugar, ginger, and ice to a mixing glass or cocktail shaker; muddle well.
  • Fill an 8-ounce glass 3/4 full with crushed ice. Add the cachaca.
  • Pour the muddled mixture into glass with cachaca. Stir well to make sure sugar dissolves completely. Garnish with sugar cane stick.

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