CaipirinhasSo, I realise this section is called 'Foodie Friday' and alcoholic drinks, or any other drinks for that matter, are technically not 'food' but a number of countries around South America have traditional drinks associated with them as well as traditional foods. The 'foodie' in us feels it's important to try all the different things that feature in the gastronomic make up of a country. To that end, purely for research purposes, while in Brazil we had to try their national cocktail...a few times...simply to provide sufficient basis for comparison (of course)! As I said, caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail and is made using cachaça which is Brazil's most popular alcohol. It's a clear distilled alcohol made from sugarcane, pretty similar to rum and it's strong stuff!! Caipirinhas are amazingly easy to make and equally as easy to drink...a dangerous combination when coupled with the fact that Brazil can be an unfeasibly hot country and a nice refreshing cocktail definitely feels like a good idea come happy hour!! To create this alcoholic Brazilian delight all you need is fresh lime juice, sugar and cachaça. Mix the lime juice and the sugar, add the cachaça, pour over ice and BOOM, you have a caipirinha! See, I told you it was easy! Made right you have the perfect combination of sweet, sour and alcoholic and like I said, they can be seriously dangerous!! I would highly recommend giving this Brazilian institution a try! Should you find cachaça difficult to get hold of this can be just replaced by rum or alternatively you could add vodka instead, thus creating a variation of the caipirinha called a caipiroska. Personally, having tried all three (like I said, solely for research purposes) nothing quite matches up to a real caipirinha but I'll leave you to have a little mixology session to make up your own mind! Vamos começar os trabalhos!! Just incase you would like to make one of these at home here is the recipe.
Caipirinha
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This really is all up to how you like it. Riv likes hers a little more limey so adds an extra squeeze of lime but everyone will like theirs a little differently. Enjoy!
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Follow us on Instagram or send us a messageAbout Foodie FridaysWe love food, as most people do! And when we are on the road this doesn't change. We, like many people, believe that food is one of the best ways to really get to know a culture and it's people, as so much about the way people live their lives around the world is centred around food. This means that when we travel we actively seek out the local foods and delicacies. Sometimes that comes in the form of unusual and exotic produce from markets and sometimes from street food vendors serving an array of barbecued, fried, steamed or entirely indistinguishable goodies. Having tried and tested these goodies for some time now, on our adventures around Asia, Europe, North and South America we have discovered some pretty wonderful treats that we have decided should earn a bit of publicity. So, as the working week drifts away and the weekend winks at you like a naughty temptress we will share with you one of the delights that we have encountered from around the world! We hope you enjoy reading about these as much as we enjoyed eating them! Archives
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