{"id":30833,"date":"2020-04-07T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehappyjetlagger.com\/?p=30833"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:53:49","slug":"jorge-amado-paraty-cocktail-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neu.thehappyjetlagger.com\/en\/jorge-amado-paraty-cocktail-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Jorge Amado Cocktail from Paraty, Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I developed a fondness for Jorge Amado<\/a> in Paraty<\/strong>! Not the writer, but the cocktail<\/strong>. (I’ll tell you what the author Jorge Amado is all about afterwards). Few drinks embody the taste of summer, the sea and palm trees so much. If you like caipirinha anyway, you’ll love Jorge Amado as a caipirinha alternative. And so that you too can bring a little bit of Brazil<\/a> home with you, I have brought you the recipe from Paraty. <\/p>\n\n

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With a Jorge Amado in your hand, it’s easier to dream of Paraty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Tips for a good Jorge Amado<\/h2>\n\n

The right sugar<\/h3>\n\n

I don’t know why this misconception is still so widespread, but a caipirinha isn’t made with brown sugar. The same goes for the Jorge Amado, which is basically just a variation of the caipirinha. In Brazil, they don’t use brown sugar in caipirinhas! <\/p>\n\n

Conventional white sugar is used, but this is typically always obtained from sugar cane and has a slightly different taste to our household sugar. However, white cane sugar is now also very easy to find here, e.g. at dm or in organic markets. By the way, sugar is not spared: Jorge Amado as well as “normal” Caipirinha are drunk super sweet in Brazil! <\/p>\n\n

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The right passion fruit<\/h3>\n\n

Brazilian passion fruit is really hard to find in Germany! Unfortunately for me, because I’m really addicted to it. Passion fruit in Brazil is much larger, elongated, yellow, relatively sour and very intense. If you eat too much passion fruit, you will get tired quite quickly, as it has a sleep-inducing effect. <\/p>\n\n

In our latitudes you are more likely to find the small purple ones, if at all. These have less flesh, so you will need to use two fruits for the recipe above. <\/p>\n\n

The main ingredient: Gabriela<\/h3>\n\n

Gabriela is the signature cacha\u00e7a from Paraty. Unlike conventional sugar cane schnapps, Gabriela is also infused with cinnamon and cloves, which makes Jorge Amado particularly aromatic. <\/p>\n\n

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Many discos around Paraty produce Gabriela, like here at Pedra Branca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Outside of Paraty, gabriela is rarely available in stores in Brazil (or here), but thanks to the internet you can have the main ingredient for the Jorge Amado delivered directly to your home!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jorge Amado: Cocktail from Paraty, Brazil<\/h2>\n\t\t

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