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 Mojitos Recipe

Mojitos

(Cuban rum, lime & mint cocktail)

Yield: 1 pitcher, or around 6 cocktails


INGREDIENTS PREP AMOUNT
Sugar 1 cup
Water 1 cup
Mint stems removed from half 1 bunch
 
Limes juice only 6-8 each
Rum, light or dark 1/2 of a 750ml-bottle
Club soda   1 liter

METHOD

Basic Steps:  Boil → Squeeze → Mix → Chill → Garnish
  1. In a small saucepan, bring sugar, water and the destemmed mint to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved completely. Set aside to cool and let the mint infuse the simple syrup. Strain into a pitcher.
  2. Squeeze the limes into the pitcher. Add as much rum as you like. Chill.
  3. Just before serving, stir in the club soda. Serve immediately over ice in cocktail glasses. Garnish with the remaining mint sprigs.

VARIATIONS

  • To Make Individual Portions: Eliminate the mint from the simple syrup and instead lightly crush some mint leaves in each glass. Add crushed ice, juice of one lime, 2 oz of simple syrup and 2-3 oz of rum. Top off with a splash or more of club soda, stir, and garnish with a lime wedge and a fresh sprig of mint.

NOTES

  • Mojitos are Cuba's answer to the mint julep - perfect on a hot summer day. They have been around since at least the mid-1800s, and were reputedly one of Hemingway's favorite drinks. According to a quote attributed to him, those at "La Bodeguita" bar in Havana were the best.