Northern Rice
Refreshing and subtly sweet, with notes of pandan and sticky rice, custard, and shiso.
Inspired by: Home Recipe
Boozy Lemonade
Creamy Brazilian-style limeade blended with condensed milk and Choeng Doi Blanc. Easy, forgiving, and built to taste.
- Complexity
- 2/5
- Alcohol level
- Light
- Type
- Sour
- Preparation
- Blended
- Glass
- Collins
- Ice
- Fresh Ice
Ingredients
Fresh limes (washed, whole)3
Water3 cups / 720 ml
Sweetened condensed milk3/4 can (about 200 g / 7 oz)
Choeng Doi Blancto taste
Iceas needed
Steps
- 01Add whole washed limes (ends trimmed) and water to a blender
- 02Blend very briefly, just a few short pulses. Over-blending pulls bitterness from the pith and peel
- 03Strain out the pulp and peel through a fine sieve, repeating if needed for a smooth result
- 04Return the strained lime water to the blender with sweetened condensed milk and a handful of ice
- 05Blend until smooth and frothy
- 06Strain into a chilled glass over Choeng Doi Blanc, or blend the spirit in directly to taste
- 07Serve immediately
Notes
This is Brazil's classic Limonada Suíça (Swiss Lemonade), made creamy with whole blended limes and condensed milk rather than juiced citrus and simple syrup.
Blend the limes very briefly: a few short pulses is enough. Leaving the blender running too long breaks down the peel and pith and turns the drink bitter. Double-straining helps if any bitterness sneaks through.
Amounts of Choeng Doi Blanc are flexible by design. Add as much or as little as you like, either blended in or poured over the strained limeade. This is meant to be an easygoing, forgiving recipe for home bartending, not a precise formula.
History
Despite its name, Limonada Suíça ("Swiss Lemonade") has no real connection to Switzerland. It's a homegrown Brazilian creation, likely named for its pale, milky color. Made by blending whole limes with water and condensed milk, it's a staple of Brazilian home kitchens and juice bars.
This boozy version keeps that same forgiving, blend-to-taste spirit, swapping in Choeng Doi Blanc to turn an everyday cooler into an easy backyard drink, built by feel rather than measured to a fixed recipe.
In the bottle
Choeng Doi Blanc. Perpetual blend, edition no. 2. Pure sugarcane juice, copper pot and column still. 70 cL.
Choeng Doi Blanc
