Especially in summer at a garden party, nobody wants to play the bartender and constantly make supplies for the coveted caipirinha drinks. A good alternative is the Caipirinha bowl, which is best served in a large container (pot, decorative bowl).
Ingredients for approx. 2.5 liter caipirinha bowl
– 10 tablespoons of brown cane sugar
– 5 limes
– 5 shot glasses (2cl) Pitu (white rum)
– 5 shot glasses (2cl) of lime syrup
– 0.7 liters of Sparkling water)
– 0.7 liters lemonade
– 0.7 liters of White wine, sparkling wine, or Prosecco (depending on taste)
– Crash ice or crushed ice cubes
Preparation
Do not wash the limes, just wipe them dry, otherwise, the essential oils in the peel will be diluted. Remove the two ends of the limes and cut them into eighths. Place the eighth piece in the punch bowl and cover with the brown cane sugar. Then use a wooden tamper or pestle to mash the eighths of the lime vigorously, crushing the zest as well. The lime juice combines with the cane sugar and thus develops the typical caipirinha oils. Then mix in the pitu rum and lime syrup.
This mixture can be left in the fridge for a few hours and the rest of the ingredients added just before the guests arrive. But you can also prepare and serve the punch immediately by immediately adding the remaining ingredients. When the wine, sparkling wine or prosecco, and mineral water have been added, fill up the remaining container with crushed ice. A decoration with a few cut lime slices and a few mints leaves on the edge of the container looks pretty. After adding the crushed ice, the punch is immediately cool and ready to serve.
