This Cranberry Caipirinha only requires four ingredients. Cranberry Simple Syrup and cachaça are two key ingredients in this festive holiday cocktail. The deceivingly complex caipirinha gets its unique flavor from cachaça, a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. If you have never tried cachaça, its flavor profile is somewhat similar to rum. Cachaça, however, has a stronger floral, grassy and herbaceous flavor profile.
Although Brazil introduced me to a classic caipirinha, Argentina introduced me to the passion fruit caipirinha. Unfortunately, passion fruit is not readily found in North Carolina. Otherwise, I would have already created a recipe. Despite that, my fond memories of the passion fruit cocktail is what also inspired the Cranberry Caipirinha recipe.
Prior to making this cocktail, you will need to make a batch of my Cranberry Simple Syrup. The mixer will prove to be quite versatile and can also be used in other cocktails, salad dressings and more. For purposes of this cocktail recipe, I used Velho Barreiro Cachaça. If you have a favorite brand of cachaça at home, that will also work perfectly in the recipe.
Now that I have shared a couple of the key ingredients that you will need for this Cranberry Caipirinha, let’s get to the recipe!
How to Make a Cranberry Caipirinha
This Cranberry Caipirinha stays true to the Brazilian cocktail’s primary ingredients, but with a festive twist.
- 2 oz cachaça
- 2 oz Cranberry Simple Syrup
- ½ lime wedge
- 1 cup ice
- 3 candied cranberries
- Cut ½ lime wedge into four wedges and juice into a cocktail shaker. Add the juiced limes into the cocktail shaker.
- Add cachaça, Cranberry Simple Syrup and one cup of ice into the cocktail shaker. Shake all ingredients for 30 seconds.
- Serve cocktail in a lowball or old-fashioned glass. Garnish cocktail with three candied cranberries.
Tools used to make this Cranberry Caipirinha:
Cocktail jigger
Pairing knife
Lowball or old-fashioned glass
Cocktail skewers
I hope that you enjoy this festive holiday-inspired Cranberry Caipirinha as much as I do!
Although cranberries are scarce after the Christmas holiday, my batch of Cranberry Simple Syrup yields approximately nine cups. I canned this mixer in sterilized Mason jars so that I can have the syrup readily available throughout the year. For an additional festive touch, garnish the Cranberry Caipirinha with Candied Cranberries. Click here for the recipe!