Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail. Not only you can find it in any Brazilian restaurant but it also works as our most talented worldwide ambassador.
Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail. Not only you can find it in any Brazilian restaurant but it also works as our most talented worldwide ambassador. The true Caipirinha uses Cachaça, Brazil’s version of Rum, distilled from the juice of the sugar cane. And the best thing about Cachaça is that it’s a name made to be pronounced when drunk! (sounds like car-sha-sir, or ka-cha-cha if your are really legless).
This is my second video on how to make a Caipirinha. The first one was one of our first videos and it looks quite a lot worse. Plus this one really shows how simple and quick the whole thing is. If you have all the ingredients to hand you can make a Caipirinha is less than 40 seconds.
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I have some unopened sugar cane liquor that is 30 years old…Is it safe to drink ?
Unless it’s been well kept, chances are the alcohol has already evaporated. But definitely go for it. Open it and try it. It certainly can’t kill you.
Incidentally, even if it’s ok, I would not use if for Caipirinha. Aged cachaças are better drunk neat. It would be a shame to waste their delicate ‘aged’ flavours on a cocktail with so much lime and sugar.
Let me know what happened later.
I’m looking for the brazilian cheese balls recipe. Bola de quejo. They are little snacks that are served as an appetizer. Can someone please share the recipe. I love them and want to make and eat them as soon as possible. And can you also let me know where I can buy the ingredients for it? Thanks.
I had the good fortune to spend some time in Rio and Sao Paulo and mainly ate in the small street cafe’s and consumed liters of beer with the most amazing food.
I really liked what seems to be chicken pie in a tear drop shape with sort of stretchy dough , do you have the recipe for me.
i live in South Africa and i often entertain guests with feijoada and Caipirinha but i have to use cane and lemons as the other ingredients are not available , it still as a good kick and we all enjoy it.
Thanks
Andre
The cheese balls — you might try searching for “pao de queijo.” That might be what you’re looking for.
The teardrop shape chicken pies — try searching “coxinhas.”
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