Batida de Coco
Following on from yesterday’s Caipirinha, here’s another popular brazilian drink.
A Batida is actually a generic term for a sweet drink made with cachaça and some type of fruit, and then blended with ice. From my research it looks like each person makes it their own way, using different sweeteners and even spirits other than cachaça. Of course, each fruit will require its own level of sweetness, so really the only thing that is constant about these recipes is the use of ice (even the blender is sometimes optional, you can just shake with crushed ice).
I’m going to present a simple coconut batida, both because I have the ingredients and because its the only version I had heard of before. I’ve settled on the following recipe:
Recipe:
1 1/2 oz. Cachaça
3 oz. Coconut Cream
2 tsp Sugar
Place everything into a blender with plenty of ice and go nuts. Alternatively, you an crush about a cupful of ice and shake everything up in a shaker. You can strain the result or not, depending on your taste.
Notes:
With so many options, it was difficult to decide which ones to try. I tried a couple of ratios and the one above was the one I liked best. It’s better to make a weaker drink because you’ll be drinking it really quickly and making another one.
I ended up crushing some ice and shaking because I couldn’t be bothered to set up the blender. It worked pretty well, but I’d recommend adding the sugar first with a splash of water to dissolve it a little first. Alternatively, just use some simple syrup.
Rating:
-A very refreshing summer drink.