Name: Peach, lime and cachaça slushie
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 yellow peaches, halved, stones removed, coarsely chopped to yield 800gm peach flesh; 4 cups ice cubes; of 4 limes, Juice; 240 ml cachaça (see note); 110 gm brown sugar (½ cup firmly packed); crushed ice and zested rind of 1 lime, To serve

This is our summer version of Brazil’s national cocktail, the Caipirinha. Try it on a Sunday afternoon while swinging in a hammock. After two or three glasses, though, you may wish to retire to the picnic rug.

Ingredients

8 yellow peaches, halved, stones removed, coarsely chopped to yield 800gm peach flesh

4 cups ice cubes

of 4 limes, Juice

240 ml cachaça (see note)

110 gm brown sugar (½ cup firmly packed)

crushed ice and zested rind of 1 lime, To serve

Method

Main

1.Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth, pour into glasses filled with crushed ice, scatter with zested lime rind and serve immediately.

Cachaça is a rum-like spirit made from sugar cane. It’s available from specialty bottle shops; if it’s unavailable, substitute light rum.
This recipe is from the February 2012 issue of
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Notes