Caipirinha

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Serves: 8

• 4 limes
• 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups cachaça (from a 500-ml bottle)
• 3 or to taste ice cube

1. Quarter 1 lime lengthwise, then cut each quarter in half crosswise and divide pieces between 2 (6-ounce) glasses. 
2. Add 1 tablespoon sugar to each glass, then muddle lime pieces by pounding and pressing with a wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Fill each glass with ice and add 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) cachaça to each, stirring well. Make 6 more cocktails in same manner. 
   
   (Cachaça, a liquor made from sugarcane, gives these drinks their distinctive flavor. In Brazil it is traditional to make caipirinhas one or two at a time, as we do here. For ease of entertaining, however, you can simply combine all the ingredients in a pitcher. )

Recipe Source: Epicurious.com

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• 2 cups chopped fresh fruit
• ginger ale

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• 1/4 cups cointreau
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice
• 3/4 cups cranberry juice
• 4 swirls of lime zest to garnish lime 

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• 2 cans 6 oz frozen lemonade, thawed
• 2 32 oz jars cranberry juice, chilled
• 1 liter ginger ale, chilled
• 2 trays ice cube
• 3 cups frozen strawberries 

Mix lemonade, cranberry juice. Add ginger ale, ice, strawberries just before serving. 

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