Caipirinha cocktail | insimoneskitchen.com

I had my very first caipirinha somewhere in a small Brazilian bar in Amsterdam. I came there with a colleague of Nike where I worked at the time and we were gonna meet someone else in town too. I had heard of caipirinha before but had never drank ik. I was – and I am still – not a big fan of the stronger drinks, so I had my doubts wether or not this particular cocktail would be a wise choice. But Hanna insisted I have one as it was supposedly really good. And I got pursueded…

And I totally loved it! But how deceptively easy to drink this is…. It is a dangerous drink for sure as the lime and the ice somehow dilute the alcohol in a way that makes you believe it is not so strong, but let me tell you that when I took my second drink I started to feel really light headed! Hahaha.

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Caipirinha is officially made with cachaça, but if you cannot find it wodka is a good alternative as we did here. It really is a summery drink but I still have this vague hope that it will eventually start to be sunny again and we get maybe a good Indian summer… And if not, I am sure this will taste well in front of the fireplace… Although.. that does sound a bit odd…

Or we can always wait for the next summer around the corner.

Caipirinha - Brazilian cocktail

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Ingredients

  • 2 limes cleaned well
  • 3 tbsp of sugar
  • 60 cl wodka
  • crushed ice this will be good to do in a blender

  • Grab a bowl and cut the first lime into small pieces. Juice the other lime above the bowl.
  • Add the sugar and the wodka to it and crush with a crusher till all sugar is desolved.
  • Take a pretty glass and fill it to the rim with crushed ice.
  • Pour the caipirinha in and serve straight away

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Simone van den Berg

Food blogger from the Netherlands. Loves good food. Likes to create healthy and easy recipes for daily use, but also loves the occasional sweet dish. Lives in the Netherlands with her two cats; Humphrey and Buffy. Profession: Food photographer, food blogger, recipe developer and nutritionist