The Mojito

Name: The Mojito
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 -3 leaves of fresh mint; soda water; 2 fluid ounces fresh lemon juice; 2 fluid ounces fresh lime juice; 1/2 lime, pulp from; 1 fluid ounce rum

Submitted by seahorse73

"Recipe courtesy The Cookworks. Special equipment: muddler"

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Ready In:: 10mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 1 drink

ingredients

1 teaspoon sugar
2 -3 leaves of fresh mint
soda water
2 fluid ounces fresh lemon juice
2 fluid ounces fresh lime juice
¹⁄₂ lime, pulp from
1 fluid ounce rum

directions

Add sugar, mint leaves and a touch of soda to a highball glass.
Using a muddler, crush the mint leaves and blend the mixture.
Add the juices, lime pulp and fill with ice.
Add rum and top the glass with soda.
Serving suggestion: Garnish with a mint leaf and a straw.
Encourage guests to stir their drinks with their straws to capture all the sweetness at the bottom of the glass.