Meyer Lemon and Strawberry Caipirinha
This fruity twist on Brazil’s national cocktail features ruby-red strawberries and fragrant Meyer lemons.
Ingredients:
- 5 small strawberries, hulled (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 ounce fresh meyer lemon juice (juice from 1 whole meyer lemon)
- 5 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 5 ounces cachaça (such as germana soul)
- 1 meyer lemon wheel, for garnish
Direction
- Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Muddle together just enough to break down strawberries and macerate with sugar.
- Add cachaça and ice, and the shaker. Shake vigorously until well chilled and sugar has time to incorporate, about 15–20 seconds.
- Strain drink into a rocks glasses filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a lemon slice.