15 mins
Super easy
serves 6
About the recipe
This boozy, fresh fruit salad is inspired by the one-and-only Brazilian caipirinha cocktail.
Ingredients
a bunch of fresh mint, leaves picked
finely grated zest and juice of 3 limes
4 tablespoons caster sugar, plus extra to taste
as much cachaça as you dare
1 ripe melon, deseeded and flesh scooped out with a spoon
1 ripe papaya, deseeded and flesh scooped out with a spoon
1 large handful of fresh strawberries, hulled and halved lengthways
1 ripe mango, stoned and flesh scooped out with a spoon
1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
Top Tip
Cachaça is a potent and popular Brazilian sugar cane liqueur. If can't find it, substitute with equal parts of white tequila and white rum.
Method
- In a pestle and mortar, bash most of the mint leaves (reserving the remainder to decorate) with the finely grated lime zest. Add the sugar and a good lug of cachaça. Mix gently in the mortar and pestle, add the lime juice, taste and add more sugar if you think you need to.
- Toss the fruit together in a bowl with a little of the mint and lime mixture, then spread it all out on a big plate. Spoon the rest of the mint and lime mixture over the top. Decorate with the remaining mint before serving.
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