Caipirinhas With Pineapple Recipes

CAIPIRINHAS WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Core the pineapple and cut into 3cm chunks. Place 8 small handfuls of pineapple, the lime juice, half the mint and the sugar into a pitcher and mash up with the end of a rolling pin or a fat wooden spoon.
• Pour in the cachaça and a little crushed ice, then pour into 8 glasses, and add more crushed ice. Pour the pineapple juice over, filling to the rim. Garnish the glasses with extra mint sprigs and cocktail sticks with pieces of pineapple threaded on.

PINEAPPLE CAIPIRINHAS

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, mint leaves and 3 cups pineapple chunks in a pitcher. Muddle with a wooden spoon until the sugar is dissolved and the pineapple is crushed. Stir in the remaining pineapple and the cachaca and refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
• Add 6 cups ice to the pitcher and stir vigorously. Divide among glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut the lime in quarters then cut them crosswise.
• Put lime and sugar in a tall glass and mash with a pestle (or a wood spoon, rolling pin, etc).
• Add the same amount of liquor on the lime juice and stirr.
• Add ice and stirr again.
• Here in Brazil, the guys that sell it at the beach put another glass upside down over it, hold both with one hand and shake.
• Great trick at parties.

PINEAPPLE CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• To make the pineapple infused cachaca place the pineapple slices in a large container, pour the cachaca over the pineapple slices, close tightly and let it rest in a dark cool place for a few days - but no longer than a week.
• Use a muddler to crush and mix the limes and sugar in a cocktail shaker.
• Add the cachaca, crushed pineapple and ice, mix well and serve immediately.