Ginger Caipirinha Recipes

Spice up the classic from Brazil -- made with the spirit cachaca, which is derived from sugarcane -- by muddling fresh ginger along with the lime.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 4

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Provided by Amber Levinson

Categories     Fruit Juice     Alcoholic     Ginger     Cocktail Party     Wedding     Tangerine     Bon Appétit     Drink

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 5

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This ginger caipirinha recipe is one of designer Francisco Costa's favorite cocktails -- be sure to also try his Fresh Passion-Fruit Caipirinha.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes     Cocktail Recipes

Yield Makes one cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 6

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Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil. The drink is made with cachaça (pronounced - kuh-sha-suh). It is technically a brandy and a member of the aguardente family. There is an old adage in Brazil: "quanto pior a cachaça, melhor a caipirinha" -- the worse the cachaça, the better the caipirinha. The name caipirinha is derived from the Portuguese word caipira (hick, hayseed, country bumpkin, rube, etc.) coupled with the -inha suffix (a diminutive denoting little or small) and can be roughly translated as little hick, little hayseed, little country bumpkin, little rube, etc., etc. Poor man's drink or not, cachaça has become an integral part of Brazilian culture and its significance ranks right up there with soccer/football (futebol), carnival and samba as Brazilian national icons. The Brazilians like it sweet.... VERY sweet. In Brazil, the very best caipirinhas are made with "limões gallegos" -- what in the U.S. is often referred to as a key lime. Can also be made by the pitcher!

Provided by NcMysteryShopper

Categories     Beverages

Time 3m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Nutrition Facts : Calories 510.7, Fat 0.4, Sodium 14.6, Carbohydrate 71.2, Fiber 5.6, Sugar 53.4, Protein 1.4

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Cachaça, a liquor made from sugarcane, gives these drinks their distinctive flavor. In Brazil it is traditional to make caipirinhas one or two at a time, as we do here. For ease of entertaining, however, you can simply combine all the ingredients in a pitcher.

Categories     Fruit Juice     Rum     Alcoholic     Spirit     Summer     Winter     Gourmet     Drink

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 4

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Brazil's national cocktail is so refreshing and delicious! Ask your liquor store to order Cachaca for you if they don't stock it, there's no substitute.

Provided by CAMILLA362

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Latin American     South American     Brazilian

Time 5m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 4

Nutrition Facts : Calories 176.7 calories, Carbohydrate 4.2 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 7.2 mg, Sugar 4.2 g

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