Mojita Food

VIRGIN MOJITO

Steps:

• Muddle the sugar with leaves from the mint using a pestle and mortar (or use a small bowl and the end of a rolling pin).
• Put a handful of crushed ice into 2 tall glasses. Divide the lime juice between the glasses with the mint mix. Add a straw and top up with soda water.

BASIC MOJITO INGREDIENTS

Steps:

• In a tall thin glass, crush or muddle part of the mint with a fork to coat the inside.
• Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly.
• Top with ice.
• Add rum and mix.
• Top off with the club soda (or seltzer).
• Add a lime or lemon slice and the remaining mint.
• Serves one.

THE MOST REFRESHING MINT-SCENTED MOJITO RECIPE YOU'LL EVER SIP

Steps:

• Place lime, sugar, and mint in a shaker. Mash with a muddler or a wooden spoon. Add rum and club soda and stir to combine.
• Serve the mojito over ice and garnish with a sprig of mint.

VODKA MOJITO

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine the Simple Syrup, vodka, lime juice, and club soda. Pour into ice-filled glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.
• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, combine the sugar, water, and mint leaves. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat and allow the syrup to cool for 20 minutes. Strain before using, pressing on the mint leaves to extract as much syrup as possible.

THE CLASSIC CUBAN MOJITO

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a highball glass, add the sugar, mint leaves, and a splash of the club soda.
• Muddle just enough to dissolve the sugar and release the flavor of the mint.
• Squeeze the juice from the 2 halves of lime into the glass. Drop 1 squeezed half into the glass if you like.
• Add the rum and stir well.
• Fill the glass with ice cubes and top with club soda.
• Garnish with a mint sprig. Serve and enjoy.

MOJITA

Steps:

• Place lime wedges and mint leaves in a pint glass.
• Muddle with the handle of a wooden spoon for 30 seconds.
• Add simple syrup and white rum.
• Fill glass with ice and top off with club soda.
• Shake or stir gently.
• TO MAKE SIMPLE SYRUP:.
• In a small saucepan, combine 2 parts sugar to 1 part water.
• Heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Cool before using (this keeps in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks).
• For a fruity twist to your mojito, use flavored rum, such as mango, banana, or pineapple.
• NOTE: Muddle means to simply bruise or gently pound the limes and mint leaves to release their juices and essence. You can buy a muddler, which looks like a tiny baseball bat or billy club, at any good restaurant store.

MOJITO PERFECTO

Steps:

• Put 3 mint leaves and 2 teaspoons sugar into each of 2 glass tumblers; vigorously stir sugar and mint together, crushing mint with the back of a spoon to release oils. Add 3 lime wedges to each glass; again stir vigorously to release some lime juice. Pour 1 jigger rum into each glass. Fill glasses with ice cubes and top with carbonated water; stir.

MOJITO MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix together the garlic, onions, orange juice, and lime juice in a bowl.
• Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan til just smoking.
• CAUTION: slide the contents of the bowl into the hot oil - be very careful because the liquid could splatter. You might want to use oven mits.
• Simmer for 5 minutes to soften the onions and garlic. Season the marinade with the rest of the ingredients.
• CAUTION: Pour everything into a blender (remove lid for hot air to release) or food processor and pulse 3 times to blend (another alternative is to use an immersion blender). Which ever method you use, just use caution with the hot liquids.
• Pour into a glass container and cool to room temperature; cover and refrigerate.
• Mojito Marinade keeps for up to 2 weeks.

MOJITO RECIPE

Steps:

• Muddle the lime juice, sugar and mint leaves in a small jug, crushing the mint as you go - you can use the end of a rolling pin for this. Pour into a tall glass and add a handful of ice.
• Pour over the rum, stirring with a long-handled spoon. Top up with soda water, garnish with mint and serve.

MOJITO

Steps:

• Place ice in beverage shaker then add in the rum, 8 broken up mint sprigs, lime juice and sugar. Shake well and serve over ice in a high ball glass. Top off each glass with a splash of club soda.
• Garnish each with a slice of lime and a sprig of mint.

MOJITO

Steps:

• In 10-ounce glass (such as Collins or highball), stir together lime juice and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add 1/4 cup crushed ice. Rub mint leaves over rim of glass, then tear leaves in half and add to glass. Gently stir for 15 seconds, then add rum, remaining crushed ice, and club soda. Gently stir for 5 seconds, then tuck mint sprigs into top of glass and insert tall straw.

MOJITO

Steps:

• Place the limes, mint and sugar into a sturdy highball glass and 'muddle' or mash with the end of a clean rolling pin, to bruise the mint and release the lime juice.
• Add the ice and pour over the rum.
• Add soda water to taste and stir well. Garnish with a mint sprig and serve.

MOJITO COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a cocktail glass, muddle (crush) mint leaves with simple syrup. Add ice and rum. Top with carbonated water. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

GOOD MOJITO

Steps:

• Muddle the lime juice, sugar, and mint leaves together in the bottom of a cocktail glass until the mint has broken down a bit, about 1 minute. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Add the rum and soda water over the ice. Pour the mixture back and forth from from the glass to another glass to mix. Garnish with the lime wedge and enjoy.

THE REAL MOJITO

Steps:

• Place mint leaves and 1 lime wedge into a sturdy glass. Use a muddler to crush the mint and lime to release the mint oils and lime juice. Add 2 more lime wedges and the sugar, and muddle again to release the lime juice. Do not strain the mixture. Fill the glass almost to the top with ice. Pour the rum over the ice, and fill the glass with carbonated water. Stir, taste, and add more sugar if desired. Garnish with the remaining lime wedge.

MOJITOS

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, muddle mint sprigs with sugar and lemon and lime juices until well combined. Add ice, rum and club soda and stir together. Pour into glasses, straining out mint. Enjoy!

VIRGIN MOJITO

Steps:

• In a glass, muddle/crush the mint, sugar, lime juice and Simple Syrup.
• Add ice.
• Top with the ginger ale/club soda/sparkling water.
• For the sugar concious, you can exchange the sugar for Splenda (2tsp granulated Splenda) and omit the simple syrup.
• Enjoy!

MOJITO

Steps:

• Place mint leaves in bottom of glass.
• Add crushed ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle.
• Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves.

MOJITO

Steps:

• Reserve 6 mint leaves for garnish. Place remaining mint leaves in medium bowl. Add sugar. Mash with wooden spoon until mint is aromatic and oils are released. Add rum and lime juice and stir until sugar dissolves. Strain mixture into pitcher. (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead; refreigerate.)
• Add club soda to pitcher; gently stir. Fill each of 6 glasses with 1 cup crushed ice. Pour mojito over and garnish each glass with 1 mint leaf and 1 lime wedge.