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Caipirinha
If you are European or in North America, you're probably used to this drink being served with crushed ice, but until you have tried it with small cubes...
Richard Forbes
8th October 2024 at 22:41
Is icing sugar an equivalent of the powdered sugar called for? Any disadvantage to using here?
10th January at 14:20
The normal sugar used in Brazil is similar to our castor sugar. When I was there, we made caipirinha in a jug with a pestle, just adding more cachaca, green lemons (look like limes but taste like lemons), sugar and ice as the evening wore on..and on...
9th October 2024 at 00:37
Greetings Richard. Check out "Sugar and Sugar Syrups" in the search function then go to powdered sugar. Great info there.
9th October 2024 at 05:26
Thanks, Calvin. I've also added a link to the ingredient in the recipe, which leads directly to the relevant page.