This popular cocktail appeared in Cuba in the twenties of the last century. A low-alcohol or non-alcoholic drink with a refreshing mint flavor is what you need on a hot day on the beach. In addition, mojito is a hit of social events, thanks to its elegant appearance and exotic taste.
It is necessary
- For mojito:
- - 10 g fresh mint;
- - 10 g cane sugar;
- - 1 lime;
- - 80 ml of light rum;
- - 400 ml tonic;
- - crushed ice.
- For non-alcoholic mojito:
- - 10-15 g of mint;
- - half a lime;
- - 200 ml of soda;
- - crushed ice.
- For Cuban mojito:
- - 1, 5 tsp brown sugar;
- - 0.5 lime;
- - 30 ml of light rum (Habana Club or Ron Varadero);
- - 3 large sprigs of fresh mint;
- - soda water (tonic);
- - crushed ice;
- - low wide glass.
- For the royal mojito:
- - 50 ml of white rum;
- - 30 ml of dry sparkling wine;
- - 25 ml sugar syrup
- - 20 g lime;
- - 3 g of mint;
- - 200 g of crushed ice;
- For decoration:
- - 1 lime;
- - 1 g of mint.
- For strawberry mojito:
- - 50 ml of white rum;
- - 15 ml of sugar syrup;
- - 100 ml of soda;
- - 30 g lime;
- - 80 g of strawberries;
- - 5 g of mint;
- - 250 g of crushed ice.
- For garnish:
- - 10 g of strawberries;
- - 1 g of mint.
Instructions
Step 1
Mojito
Wash the lime, divide into halves, each half into four wedges. Wash and dry the mint, separate the leaves from the stalks, put the mint, eight lime slices, 10 grams of sugar in a mortar and mash with a pestle to let the lime and mint juice and the sugar dissolves. Put mashed mint and lime in a glass, fill it to the top with crushed ice, add 80 ml of rum, top up with tonic, stir and pour into glasses.
Step 2
Non-alcoholic mojito
Take a tall glass, wash and finely chop the mint, wash and cut half the lime, put the mint and lime in the glass, add sugar, mash thoroughly. Pour finely crushed ice into a glass and add soda water, stir. Put three leaves of mint on the surface of the drink, place a semicircular slice of lime on a straw, insert a straw into a glass.
Step 3
Cuban mojito
Pour sugar into a glass, wash the lime, cut half of the lime into two quarters and squeeze the juice into the glass with your hands, it is important to do this right away so that the sugar begins to dissolve. Place the lime skin in a glass. Wash and dry the mint, place on top of the lime, mash with a pestle or fork, the mint should start to smell strong.
Step 4
Pour in half a glass of crushed ice, top up with rum, then soda water. Serve garnished with a slice of lime and a sprig of mint.
Step 5
Royal mojito
Put 6 mint leaves in a glass and pour in the juice of a quarter of lime, fill the glass with crushed ice to the top. Top up with 25 milliliters of sugar syrup, 50 milliliters of white rum, 30 milliliters of dry sparkling wine. Stir the mixture gently with a cocktail spoon. Add more crushed ice, garnish with a circle of lime and a sprig of mint
Step 6
Strawberry mojito
Wash the mint, lime, and strawberry. Place 10 mint leaves, 3 lime wedges and 5 strawberries in a wide glass. Pour in the sugar syrup, crush the mixture thoroughly to let the lime juice and the mint smell. Add crushed ice, pour in rum and soda, stir, serve, garnish with mint leaves and a whole strawberry.
