Caipirinha recipe

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  • Cuisine: Brazilian

Ingredients

1 lime
2 ounces of cachaça (Brazilian cane spirit)*
Sugar to taste
Crushed ice

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Preparation

Wash the lime and roll it on a cooking board to loosen the juices. Cut the lime into pieces and place them in a glass. Sprinkle with the sugar and crush the pieces (pulp side up) with a pestle.

Add the cachaça and stir to mix. Add the ice and stir again. Drain and pour into a glass.
Enjoy!... Saúde! (in portuguese)

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17 Sep 2010 08:53 AEST
Caro
Brisbane QLD
Caipiroska
If you're struggling to find or afford cachaca, you can instead just use vodka (much easier on the tastebuds also) - called a "caipiroska" in Brazil/South America... still quite authentic!
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04 Feb 2010 12:08 AEST
Anthony
St Albans
Pitu
I have found Pitu for sale in Melbourne for about $60 a bottle. When I was in Brazil last I could get a 1L bottle at the supermarket for about 3 Brazilian Real, about $1.80 AUD!!!!!! Surely the difference can't all be tax??
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17 Jan 2010 03:07 AEST
Kim
Tempe
Where to get Cachaca
Dan Murphy's has the brand "51", which is what they made most of the caipirinhas from in Brazil, when I was there. Definitely worth trying to find it.
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03 Jan 2010 07:02 AEST
Julie
Dianella
substitute
You can also substitute the Cachaca with WHITE rum. We use the "Kimberley Canfire White Rum"
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29 Oct 2009 02:36 AEST
Colin
Canberra ACT
Hmm, characters are weird on that last post
The words with strange characters are cachaca and Pitu (spelled using only English letters). The Pitu you will notice right away as it has a black label with a bright red lobster on it. The 51 brand has a yellow and red label with a giant 51 on it. :)
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07 Aug 2009 01:45 AEST
Leen
Ainslie
Hippo??
I don't think I've seen it in any bottle shops in Canberra. You might be able to buy a bottle from one of the cocktail bars like Hippo and if that's not possible/allowed, maybe ask who their supplier is (I think they get it delivered from Sydney as with most other specialty liqueurs and spirits).
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04 Aug 2009 12:47 AEST
Reubz
Cook
Where?
Does anyone know where you can get this spirit in Canberra? I'd hate to fly all the way to perth for one bottle!
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29 May 2009 02:34 AEST
MUSTIKA CARADUS
LINDFIELD, NSW
CACHACA
Where could one buy the spirit??..Love the show:)
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