I was cooking at my husband's family's summer house, where the kitchen has lots old Le Creuset but not a cocktail shaker (unheard of in a WASP household, but ...). Turns out a glass Ball...
To the "shaker," I added sugar and then 7 plump blackberries from a local farmstand.
Next, a few lime wedges.
Let the muddling begin!
To the blackberry-lime mash, I added some ice cubes -- you can barely see it here, but they were steaming in the glass.
In went 2 ounces of cachaca.
Then I shook, shook, shook. The photo looks like a shampoo commercial; unintentional.
You can balance the lime on the rim, but I liked it bobbing around with the ice cubes.
Author Notes: The blackberries make it autumnal, but feel free to go with any berry you run into at the market. Keep in mind, this is a drink that requires a good, fierce muddling. If you want to do it the fancy way, crush the berries with a tablespoon or so of water and then strain out the seeds before proceeding with the drink. If you want to, you can run a little water or lime around the rim of the rocks glass and dip it into sugar before you pour in the cocktail to give it a pretty edge. -MissGinsu —MissGinsu
Food52 Review: A classic caipirinha is made with cachaca (distilled from sugar cane), sugar and lime juice. MissGinsu's version doesn't stray far -- she adds fresh blackberries, which dye the drink a deep purple. It's bright and a little austere. The recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of sugar, but you may want to add more to taste if your blackberries are tart. Add any extra sugar after the drink is shaken, and shake it again to dissolve the added sugar. If you can't find cachaca, you can use white rum. - Amanda & Merrill —The Editors
Serves: 1
Prep time: 5 min
Ingredients
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8
plump blackberries
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1
teaspoon white sugar
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1/2
lime, cut into 3 wedges
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2
ounces cachaça (or substitute white rum)
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3/4
cup ice cubes
Directions
- In a shaker or pint glass, muddle/mash up the blackberries and the sugar with two of the lime wedges.
- Add the cachaça or rum and the ice. Cover well and shake vigorously.
- Remove and discard the crushed lime wedges. Pour the mixture into a rocks glass and use the remaining wedge of lime as a garnish.
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