The Mojito Cocktail

Preparing a Mojito cocktail is quite easy and still very refreshing to drink. The classic Mojito recipe consists of lime juice that you add to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. Then you have to mash gently this mixture with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised — not shredded — to release the essential oils and flavors.

This is the typical kind of drink that are proposed in summer. This is a variation of the classic Mojito cocktail with white rum, but with a different note because I have replaced sparkling water with lemonade. This cocktail will surely delight your man!

Ingredient list for mojito cocktail

For 1 glass:

2 fl oz (6 cl) white rum
1/2 lime
1 coffee spoon of cane sugar syrup
Lemonade
8 mint leaves
4 ice cubes

Instruction

1 - Pour the mint and the juice of half a lime in a mortar. Pound to extract the flavors of mint but be careful not to shred it, as said above. This is not the goal.

2 - Pour into a tall glass – 7 to 8 fl oz (20-25cl) capacity.

3 - Add the cane syrup and rum and pour lemonade to fill the glass.

4 - Add the ice cubes and stir.

5 - Serve immediately!