Name: Low Carb Caipirinha
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: half a fresh lime; 2 tsp Lakanto sweetener (either classic or brown); 1½ fl oz (3 tbs) cachaça; crushed ice; lime wheel, to garnish

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This low carb Caipirinha cocktail is made with Brazilian rum, and is sugar free and keto-friendly!

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Have you ever tried a caipirinha cocktail?

What is a Caipirinha?

Here's the official definition:

Caipirinha (pronounced “kai-pee-reen-ya”) is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça, sugar and lime. Cachaça, also known as pinga, caninha, or any one of a multitude of traditional names, is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage.

Cachaça (pronounced “cachaza”) is a liquor made from fermented sugar cane juice and is fairly similar to rum. However, rum is usually made from molasses, a by-product from refineries that boil the cane juice to extract as much sugar crystal as possible, while cachaça is made from fresh sugarcane juice that is fermented and distilled (Source: Wikipedia). Like most spirits it is zero carb (despite its sugary origin) and the Caipirinha is the most well-known cocktail that uses this alcohol.

So, back to the other ingredients. Lime juice has a few carbohydrates but the real issue for low-carbers is the sugar, so you just need to substitute it with a granulated sweetener like Lakanto. Classic white Lakanto would be traditional, but I was first introduced to this drink using brown sugar, so I have used Lakanto Brown. Did you know that you can get 20% off everything in the Lakanto store when you use coupon code SAFTC ?

How to Make a Low Carb Caipirinha

Cut half a lime into quarters.

Place it in a thick-bottomed short glass with the sweetener and muddle the two together.

Add the cachaça and stir to mix.

Top up the glass with crushed ice, then add a wheel of lime to garnish.

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