Dale Degroffs Caipirinha Recipes

This version of the Brazilian national cocktail comes to us from mixologist Dale DeGroff.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 4

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Yield 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Provided by Wayne Curtis

Categories     Liqueur     Rum     Alcoholic     Grapefruit     Lime     Drink

Yield Serves 1

Number Of Ingredients 5

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Caipirinha, Brazil's national drink is made with cachaca, a potent sugarcane liquor. You can substitute light rum if you can't find cachaca.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 4

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Now considered the national drink of Brazil, the Caipirinha was not always so respectable. In fact, the name comes from a somewhat derogatory word roughly equivalent to "hillbilly." The cocktail's main ingredient, cachaça, is an aguardiente that, like rum, is made from sugarcane. But cachaça has a bite and flavor more characteristic of a rough-edged tequila than of its more refined cousin. In fact, bartenders who run out of cachaça have been known to substitute equal parts white rum and white tequila in its place.A Caipirinha is usually made by muddling pieces of lime with sugar; we chose, for simplicity's sake, to juice the limes instead. For a more authentic flavor, you can mash a piece of lime rind in the bottom of the glass before serving.

Yield Makes 8 Caipirinhas.

Number Of Ingredients 4

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