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Blueberry, Ginger, Lime Caipirinha

Blueberry, Ginger, Lime Caipirinha

Posted on 18. Jun, 2007 by singleguychef.

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Traditional capirinha is made with cachaça and tangerine lime and sugar, not tangerine. It was a late posting and you can see I was sampling the product earlier. :-P. Thanks to Brazilian Girl for the catch. I’ve been served a multitude of variations. Here’s my contribution to the mix and I am sure this libation is going to appear again and again throughout the Summer. It’s premiere appearance gave my sister and C a nice buzz. ;-)

Ingredients

3 limes juiced or to taste
1/2 pint of fresh blueberries
2″ piece of fresh ginger
1 good handful of ginger mint leaves. traditional mint leaves can be used as a substitute.
1/3 cup of honey or to taste
28 oz. of sparkling mineral water or club soda
3 oz. of quality vodka or to taste
crystallized ginger for garnish

Preparation

1. Juice the limes into a large glass pitcher.
2. Peel the ginger and smash it to loosen up some of its flesh. Add to the pitcher.
3. Add the blueberries and ginger mint leaves and with a wooden spoon, mash the berries, ginger and mint leaves.
4. Pour in the honey.
5. Add the sparkling water and vodka and stir well.
6. Place some crystallized ginger into the martini glass and pour in the goods.

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I do love Margaritas!

Posted on 16. May, 2007 by marriedguychef.

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marriedGuyChef here…I do love margaritas . . . and tequila in general . . . well, most drinks actually. OK, OK, I’m not a drunk, but I am an equal opportunity and affirmative action drinker. Here is my margarita recipe. I like it. My wife likes it. When it comes to spirits, that is something to write about (although she does prefer a bit more honey and no salt).

60ml Good Reposado or Anejo Tequila
40ml Grand Marnier
60ml Orange Juice (fresh squeezed and chilled)
1t Honey
1.5t Simple syrup (or 1t Torbinado sugar)
~25ml Juice of half a lime

Rub the rims of two margarita glasses with lime and dip in coarse salt (if that’s your thing). I can go with or without salt on this one due to the sweetness. For an “original” margarita, with no sweetener and no OJ, I definitely like salt. Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker with plenty of ice. Shake and strain through a fine mesh (to remove all of the OJ pulp and errant lime seeds) into the glasses over plenty of ice. This recipe makes two good drinks or one really good one! Enjoy.

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