Shaken · Collins
GarnishCaju compote and thin lemon slice
Shaken · Collins
Tordesilhas, São Paulo
Tordesilhas' Caju Amigo cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 6 ozCaju juice
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 2.5 oz
- 1 barspoonCaju caramel
House prep · Recipe below ↓
Method · Shaken
- 1Smear a little caju caramel inside a tall glass so it drips down the wall.
- 2Shake the caju juice and cachaça with ice and strain into the glass.
- 3Garnish with caju compote and a thin lemon slice.
- Glass
- Collins
- Ice
- Up
- Garnish
- Caju compote and thin lemon slice
Prep ahead
House prep
Caju Juice
- Yield
- About 6 oz
- Keeps
- 1 day
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 fresh caju (cashew apple)
- 2 oranges
Method
- 1Blend the cashew fruit with the peeled oranges and press through a sieve.
House prep
Caju Caramel and Compote
- Yield
- About 2 cups each
- Keeps
- 2 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 kg fresh caju, nuts removed
- 10 cloves in a sachet
- 10 juniper berries
- 500 mlorange juice
- 375 gsugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Juice of 1.5 Rangpur limes and 1 Persian lime
Method
- 1Bake everything together at 450°F for thirty minutes. Pour most of the liquid into a heavy pot and reduce to a caramel, and keep baking the fruit in what's left for fifteen minutes more until jammy.
About the Tordesilhas' Caju Amigo
Tordesilhas' Caju Amigo is a cocktail made with caju juice, cachaça and caju caramel, created by Tordesilhas.
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