Caipirinhas with pineapple

Rum cocktail recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has pineapple, lime, mint, golden caster sugar, cachaca, ice and pineapple.

Caipirinhas with pineapple

Caipirinhas with pineapple

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Rum cocktail
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Mint: bunch fresh mint
  • Lime: juice 4 limes
  • Golden Caster Sugar: 8 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • Pineapple: 1 small pineapple
  • Ice: crushed ice for 8 glasses
  • Cachaca: 400ml cachaca liqueur, or light rum

Directions

  1. 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.
  2. Pour in the cachaca 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.