It’s been beyond freezing the past few days here in good ole NYC, so this evening I played pretend I was livin’ it up in Rio for a couple hours.   Just turned up the heat and made caipirinhas!  Worked perfectly, I forgot about the cold until it was time to walk the dog.  I love [...]

It’s been beyond freezing the past few days here in good ole NYC, so this evening I played pretend I was livin’ it up in Rio for a couple hours.   Just turned up the heat and made caipirinhas!  Worked perfectly, I forgot about the cold until it was time to walk the dog.  I love lime-based cocktails, and this one is just simply refreshing.  Though it hails from Brazil, I actually had my first one in Berlin a few years ago.  While nobody comes close to imbibing as much cachaca as Brazilians, Germans are the second-biggest fans of this spirit distilled from sugarcane juice.   If you don’t have any cachaca, a good white rum (I like Flor de Cana 4-year) will work in this one too.

CAIPIRINHA

1 lime

1 sugarcube

3/4 simple syrup

2oz cachaca

Cut lime into 8ths and place in mixing glass, add sugarcube and muddle gently. Add syrup, cachaca and some cracked ice and give a few hard shakes.  Pour contents into rocks glass and forget the cold!

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