Mojito Margaritas Michael Smith Food

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!

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.

MOJITO PITCHER

Steps:

• Chop each lime into six pieces and drop them into a two-litre jug. Add the sugar and squish the lime wedges with a muddler, or the end of a rolling pin. Keep crushing to get out all the juices.
• Pick the leaves off a mint spring and lay them on one of your hands. Clap the other hand on top to bruise the leaves ever so gently, then drop them into the jug. Repeat with the rest of the mint spring.
• Fill up the jug about three-quarters full with ice, then add the rum. Stir with a long-handled spoon to mix all the ingredients together gently and top up with the sparkling water. Stir once more, then serve poured into tall glasses with a few extra ice cubes and lime slices.Try these 3 twistsStrawberry mojitoMuddle 9-10 strawberries, 2 chopped limes and 2 tbsp granulated sugar in a large jug. Bruise the leaves from 2 mint sprigs and add to the jug with a pinch of black pepper. Add lots of ice and stir in 350ml white rum and 600ml sparkling water.Blueberry mojito Put 100g blueberries, 3 chopped lemons and 2 tbsp granulated sugar in a jug and muddle. Bruise the leaves from 2 mint sprigs and add them to the jug with lots of ice. Pour over 350ml white rum and 600ml sparkling water and stir together.Mango & pineapple mojito Tip 50g pineapple pieces, 50g chopped mango, 3 chopped limes and 2 tbsp light brown sugar into a large jug and muddle together. Bruise and add the leaves from 2 mint sprigs, then top with ice. Stir in 150ml white rum, 200ml pineapple rum and 600ml sparkling water.

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.