Strawberry and Basil Caipirinha
A berry and refreshing cachaça cocktail ∙ Muddle ∙ 3 min ∙ 19.4% ABV ∙
The Strawberry and Basil Caipirinha muddles fresh lime, sugar, strawberries, and basil with cachaça and is served over crushed ice in a highball glass.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Cut half a Fresh lime into wedges and drop into the glass
- Add Powdered sugar 3 bsp (or 15 ml sugar syrup) and muddle
- Add Fresh strawberries 3 pcs and Fresh basil leaves 3 pcs, and muddle again
- Add Cachaça 60 ml and stir until the sugar dissolves
- Fill the glass with crushed ice and stir
- Top with more crushed ice
- Garnish with a lime twist
Tips
- Go easy when you muddle the strawberries and basil; pounded hard, basil turns bitter and grassy.
History
The Strawberry and Basil Caipirinha is one of the many modern fruit-and-herb riffs on the Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail of cachaça, lime, and sugar. It keeps that base but muddles in strawberries and fresh basil, giving the citrus-forward drink a fruitier, herbal edge.
FAQ
What is in a Strawberry and Basil Caipirinha?
60 ml cachaça, half a fresh lime cut into wedges, 3 barspoons of powdered sugar, 3 strawberries, and 3 fresh basil leaves. It is the classic cachaça-lime-sugar Caipirinha with strawberries and basil muddled in.
What kind of alcohol is in a Caipirinha?
Cachaça, a Brazilian spirit distilled from fresh sugarcane juice. It is the only spirit in this drink, poured over the muddled lime, sugar, strawberries, and basil.
