Mojito

Mojito

This is a great anytime drink from late afternoon into the early hours of the morning and has become in the last couple of years very poplular again.

Recipe for 1 drink

8-10

fresh mint leaves

mixing spoons superfine sugar

4-5

ice cubes, crushed

1 measure - (4 cl.)

white Cuban rum

1/2 measure - (2 cl.)

lime juice

1 1/2 measures (6 cl)

club soda

Assembling the recipe:

Wash the mint leaves and place them in a tall glass.

Add the sugar, and crush the mint leaves with a pestle.

add the crushed ice and the other ingredients.

Stir or 8 - 10 seconds and serve immediately.

Notes:

It is possible to buy Cuban rum here in Europe but there is still restictions with the U.S. against Cuban products.

For information about measuring drinks go to: The Barman's Conversion Chart.

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