Strawberry Calpirinha
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
recipe is Portuguese
Source: Family Calendar Cookbook
Serves 2 peopleCategories: beverage
Ingredients
- 12 fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 Tbsp. PLUS 2 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1 lime, quartered
- 1/4 cup white rum OR cachaca
- ice
Directions
- Place the berries in a cocktail shaker and mash with them the sugar and 2 of the lime quarters using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon. Add the rum and enough ice to fill the shaker; cover and shake well.
- Fill two cocktail glasses half-full with ice. Remove the lime quarters from the cocktail shaker and discard. Pour mixture over ice in glasses. Garnish each glass with one of the remaining lime quarters’