Description
Escape the cold winter months or freshen up on a hot summer day with this Passion Fruit Caipirinha, a delightful Brazilian cocktail.
A fantastic recipe that requires just a handful of ingredients (lime, cachaca, Passion Fruit, and sugar) and no fancy equipment.
Equipment:
You don't need a fancy bar setup for this fantastic cocktail. A trusty cocktail shaker is ideal, but a rock glass, a muddler (or the back of a spoon!), and some elbow grease will work fine.
Ingredients
- 1 Lime, cut into wedges.
- 1 tablespoon of Sugar (superfine Sugar or regular white Sugar)
- 2 ounces Cachaça (see notes)
- 2.5 ounces Passion Fruit Concentrate
- 1 dash of Angostura bitters (optional, for a touch of depth and my added twist).
- Lime wheel, Passion Fruit Seeds, or Mint Sprig for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Begin by cutting the lime lengthwise into 2 pieces. Trim off the stem end and the white membrane separating the sections. Cut crosswise into 8 pieces.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine lime wedges and sugar.
- Muddle the fruit until the sugar is well incorporated and diluted, and squeeze the lime juice.
- Add cachaca and passion fruit concentrate to the shaker.
- Optionally, could you include a dash of Amargo de Angostura (bitters) for added depth.
- Shake the mixture vigorously with ice cubes for 10 seconds.
- Pour the mixture into a rock glass.
- Garnish with a lime wheel or mint sprig if desired. And serve immediately.
Top TIP: Classic Caipirinha is served with muddled limes, wedges, and all, typically not strained.
Notes
Cachaca is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice and the most popular spirit among distilled alcoholic beverages in Brazil.
Passion fruit puree or fresh passion fruit pulp (seeds and all), are suitable substitutes if you can access fresh fruit. Even Passion Fruit Juice will work in a pinch).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 14.1 g
- Sodium: 2.1 mg
- Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.2 g
- Fiber: 1.9 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
