Plain.Recipes

Ajilimo

Source: www.foodandwine.com/recipes/ajilimo-cocktails-2008

Ingredients

  1. Ice
  2. 1 1/2 ounces cachaca (potent Brazilian sugarcane spirit)
  3. 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  4. 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
  5. 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
  6. 1/2-inch chile slice, preferably aji limo
  7. 4 thyme sprigs

Directions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Add the cachaca, lime juice, Simple Syrup, ginger, chile and leaves from 2 of the thyme sprigs; shake well.
  3. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with the 2 remaining thyme sprigs.