When the World Cup finally starts broadcasting next week, eyes all over the world will be focused not just on the games, but on the country where they’re at — Brazil. It might feel like you’re actually there while watching the games if you’ve got the Brazilian national drink in hand. The caipirinha is made with cachaca, similar to rum because they’re both made from sugarcane, and lime and sugar.
The recipe for one below comes from “Cocktails for the Four Seasons” (Peter Pauper Press, $10.95), a handy little cocktail recipe book written by two food bloggers, Jenny Park and Teri Lyn Fisher, who certainly know how to mix up their drinks, too. Note that they’ve swapped out the traditional cane sugar for light brown sugar.
Brown Sugar Caipirinha
1/4 cup light brown sugar
12 lime wedges (about 3 limes)
8 ounces cachaca
12 oz. club soda
Lime wedges from 1 lime
Set out four stemless wine glasses or four double old-fashioned glasses and fill each with one tablespoon of sugar and three lime wedges. Muddle together.
Fill each glass with ice, top with the cachaca and stir. Finish each cocktail with club soda.
Garnish with extra lime wedges. Serve.
— “Cocktails for the Four Seasons” by Jenny Park and Teri Lyn Fisher
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