Mojito is prized for its refreshing taste and is especially popular in summer. Its traditional ingredients are mint, lime, and soda, but the variations in cooking are growing every year.
Mojito refreshing
Ingredients for 2 servings:
carbonated water (soda) - 300 g
ice cubes - 8 pcs.
fresh mint leaves - 6 pcs.
lime - 1 pc.
cane sugar - 3 tsp
Cooking instructions:
1. Crush mint leaves in a mortar together with sugar. Then place in glasses.
2. Cut half of the lime into wedges. Leave one slice of lime to decorate the glasses, and spread the rest in portions. Squeeze the remaining lime half into glasses.
3. Place 4 ice cubes in each glass and fill them with sparkling water.
Mojito traditional
Ingredients for 1 glass:
sprite - 150 g
crushed ice - 100 g
lime - 1 pc.
lemon - 2 wedges
fresh mint - 5 leaves
Recipe:
1. Thoroughly grind the mint leaves in a mortar and put them in a glass.
2. Chop ice cubes in a blender to a very small size and pour over the mint.
3. Cut the lime in half and cut the thin plastic to decorate the glass. Next, squeeze the juice from the two halves into a glass. Cut 2 slices from one half, which are sent to the drink. Add 2 more thinly sliced lemon wedges for a beautiful combination.
4. Pour the sprite into a glass and stir the contents with a straw.
5. Attach thin lime plastic to the edge of the glass.
Mojito strawberry
Ingredients for 4 servings:
sparkling water - 500 g
strawberry syrup - 100 g
ice cubes - 10 pcs.
fresh strawberries - 10 pcs.
lemon - 1 pc.
mint leaves - 6 pcs.
Cooking method:
1. Cut half a lemon into wedges and squeeze the juice into a decanter. Also send the slices themselves into the drink.
2. Grind strawberries and mint leaves in a blender, add strawberry syrup, stir and pour into a decanter.
3. Pour the resulting mass with sparkling water or sprite, stir with a straw and strain the cocktail through a sieve into another decanter.
4. Grind ice cubes in a blender until fine and sprinkle over glasses.
5. Pour the strawberry shake and garnish the edges of the glasses with lemon wedges and mint leaves.
Tropical mojito
Ingredients for 4 servings:
sprite - 700 g
mango - 2 pcs.
melon (pulp) - 200 g
crushed ice - 200 g
lemon - 0.5 pcs.
lime - 0.5 pcs.
mint leaves - 10 pcs.
Cooking instructions:
1. In a mortar, carefully pound 8 mint leaves and place them in a decanter.
2. Chop half of the ice into large pieces and the other half into very small pieces of ice. Pour ice into the carafe as well.
3. Cut half the lime, a small plastic melon and half the mango into thin slices. Place the fruit pieces on ice.
4. Juice melon, mango and half lemon. Mix the juices with the sprite and pour them over the ice.
5. Top the cocktail with a couple of mint leaves, and place a slice of lime and plastic mango on the edge of the decanter.
