Caipirinhas with pineapple

• small pineapple↗1 1
• juice 4 limes
• bunch fresh mint↗
• golden caster sugar↗8 tbsp 8 tbsp
• cachaça↗400ml 400ml

  liqueur, or light rum

• crushed ice

  for 8 glasses

• 800ml pineapple

  juice

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Core the pineapple and cut into 3cm chunks. Place 8 small handfuls of pineapple, the lime juice, half the mint and the sugar into a pitcher and mash up with the end of a rolling pin or a fat wooden spoon.

2. 2

   Pour in the cachaça and a little crushed ice, then pour into 8 glasses, and add more crushed ice. Pour the pineapple juice over, filling to the rim. Garnish the glasses with extra mint sprigs and cocktail sticks with pieces of pineapple threaded on.