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Caipirinha cocktail

Name: Caipirinha cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: ½ large lime; 50ml cachaça or any white rum; 20ml sugar syrup (see tip)

Published: 31 Dec 07
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Caipirinha is a light and refreshing Brazilian cocktail made with rum and fresh lime. Serve it as a welcome drink at your next BBQ.

Easy
January 2008

Test kitchen approved

Serves 1
5 minutes

Caipirinha is a light and refreshing Brazilian cocktail made with rum and fresh lime. Serve it as a welcome drink at your next BBQ.

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Ingredients

½ large lime
50ml cachaça or any white rum
20ml sugar syrup (see tip)

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Method

Using a spoon, squash the lime, cut into wedges, in a tumbler, releasing the juice and zest oil with the back of a spoon.
Pour in the cachaça or rum and sugar syrup, then add ice cubes or crushed ice and stir well.

Recipe from January 2008 Issue

delicious. tips

You can make your own sugar syrup in advance by warming up equal amounts of white sugar and water (ie 200g sugar and 200ml water) and stirring until the sugar has dissolved, then allow to cool. It will keep in the fridge for up to a month.