Latin American Recipe # Caipirinha Cocktail

The Caipirinha is the national cocktail of Brazil. Made with a sugar cane rum known as cachaca, limes and sugar, it's a sweet, yet tart taste of South America

Ingredients

• 1 lime, quartered
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 fluid ounces cachaca (Brazilian rum)
• 1 ½ cups ice

Cooking Directions

1. Combine sugar and lime quarters in a pint glass. Crush and mix together using a cocktail muddler. Add cachaca and stir. Fill with ice and stir again.

Nutrition Facts

• calories164.7
• carbohydrateContent11.2 g
• fatContent0.1 g
• fiberContent1.9 g
• proteinContent0.5 g
• sodiumContent1.9 mg
• sugarContent5.3 g