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Mojito Cocktail

This classic mojito cocktail recipe is the ultimate summer cocktail. Made with a refreshing combination of rum, mint, lime, and simple syrup, this mint mojito is the perfect way to cool off on a hot day. 
Course Cocktail
Cuisine Cocktails
Keyword mojito, mojito cocktail recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 2 cocktail
Calories 272kcal
Author Elaine Benoit

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 15 mint leaves
  • 2 ounce simple syrup
  • 2 ounce lime juice
  • 2 ounce white rum
  • 3 ounces gold rum
  • 4 ounces club soda
  • 2 lime wedges

Instructions

  • Add the mint, lime juice and simple syrup in a shaker. Take your muddler and muddle until you can smell the mint
    15 mint leaves, 2 ounce simple syrup, 2 ounce lime juice
  • Add white rum and gold rum along with ice.  Cap shaker and shake for at least 30 seconds
    2 ounce white rum, 3 ounces gold rum
  • Add ice to the glasses and strain contents of shaker in them, leaving an inch for the club soda
  • Add club soda and give it a few stirs
    4 ounces club soda
  • Fish som mint leaves out and place them in each glass.  Squeeze a ledge of lime in each glass and drop the lime in as well
    2 lime wedges
  • Sip
  • Enjoy the pretty fireworks
  • Smile
  • Enjoy

Notes

Helpful tips
  • Use really fresh mint. I luckily now have a mint plant and I use it a lot.
  • If you don’t have a cocktail muddler, you can use the back of a wooden spoon. It takes longer but will still work.
  • Use good quality rums like Barcardi which is a solid rum.
  • You can make this with water and sugar, but I don't like to taste the granulars and prefer simple syrup since the sugar is already melted.
  • Make your own simple syrup instead of buying it – 1 cup white sugar to 1 cup water, boil for 5 minutes, let cool before using it in a cocktail.
  • Wash the limes before juicing them or garnishing the glass. Here’s how: squirt some unscented, natural soap in your palm and rub your hands over the limes. Then take a vegetable brush and brush the skin. Run cold water over the limes, making sure to rinse off the soap.
  • Always use freshly squeezed lime.
  • Do NOT use bottle lime juice as it is too sweet and acidic.
  • If you don't have both white and gold rums, you can use one or the other but do NOT use spiced rum.
  • Some people like crushed ice in their mojito but I find the ice melts quickly and dilutes the cocktail.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 350IU | Vitamin C: 30.4mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1.8mg