Pearl Button

Name: Pearl Button
Yield: Makes 1 drink
Ingredients: 8 to 10 ice cubes; 1/4 cup (2 ounces) cachaca; 4 1/2 teaspoons (3/4 ounce) Lillet Blanc; 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) freshly squeezed lime juice; 1/2 cup (4 ounces) San Pellegrino Limonata; 1/2 grapefruit wheel

By Naren Young

September 30, 2008

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Pearl ButtonSteven Torres

Bartender Naren Young developed these cocktails at Bobo Restaurant in New York to showcase the flavors of cachaca, a Brazilian spirit made from distilled sugarcane juice.

Recipe information

Yield
Makes 1 drink

Ingredients

8 to 10 ice cubes

1/4 cup (2 ounces) cachaca

4 1/2 teaspoons (3/4 ounce) Lillet Blanc

1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) freshly squeezed lime juice

1/2 cup (4 ounces) San Pellegrino Limonata

1/2 grapefruit wheel

Preparation

Fill 10-ounce Collins or highball glass with ice. Add cachaca, Lillet Blanc, and lime juice. Top with San Pellegrino Limonata and stir briefly. Place 1/2 grapefruit wheel in drink and serve immediately.

TagsCocktail Alcohol Beverages Rum Lime Citrus Fruit Easy Epicurious

Recipe notes

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