Caipirhinas Recipes

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• Cut lime into 6 wedges. Squeeze the wedges into an old-fashioned glass, then add wedges. Add cachaça and sugar; use a spoon to muddle. Fill glass with ice, then stir well to chill.

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• In a sturdy rocks glass, place lime wedges to halfway mark of glass. Add sugar and muddle limes and sugar together. Top glass with ice and add Cachaca. Stir vigorously.

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• Place the lime wedges and sugar in the bottom of a pitcher. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash the limes to release the oils and juice from the rind. When you have some nice juice in there and the sugar begins to dissolve, add the liquor and stir to combine. Fill lowball glasses with ice cubes and pour the cocktail over the ice and serve. Do not remove the pieces of crushed lime.

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• 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.

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• *Cachaça is a Brazilian brandy made from sugar cane.
• Cut up a lime into 8 wedges. Muddle the wedges in a rocks glass with sugar. Add Cachaça and top with ice. Stir and serve.

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• In a large rocks glass squeeze and drop in 2 eighths of lime. Add sugar, crush and mix with a spoon. Pour in the cachaca and plenty of ice. Stir well.

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• Quarter 1 lime lengthwise, then cut each quarter in half crosswise and divide pieces between 2 (6-ounce) glasses.
• Add 1 tablespoon sugar to each glass, then muddle lime pieces by pounding and pressing with a wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Fill each glass with ice and add 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) cachaça to each, stirring well. Make 6 more cocktails in same manner.

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• Put the lime wedges in a large jug with the sugar, then use a muddler or the end of a rolling pin to break them down. Release as much juice from the wedges as possible, and let it mix with the sugar to create a syrup - you can also do this with a large pestle and mortar. Discard the lime peel.
• Divide the syrup and cachaça between four glasses, then top with the crushed ice. Serve garnished with lime wedges, if you like.