Caipirinhas with pineapple
Made with Rum
main ingredients
- Small pineapple - 1pieces
- Juice of limes - 4pieces
- Fresh mint - small bunch
- Golden caster sugar - 8tablespoon
- Cachaça liqueur, or light rum - 400ml
- crushed ice cubes - as needed
- Pineapple juice - 800ml
instructions
STEP 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.
STEP 2
Pour in the cachaça 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.
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.
STEP 2
Pour in the cachaça 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.