Posted: April 13, 2008 7:46 pm
You need:
Highball glass
Soda water/seltzer
Light rum (I recommend Bacardi Silver)
Simple syrup (basically sugar water)
12 mint leaves
1/2 lime
Ice
Directions:
First, make the simple syrup. Find an average size water bottle (approximately 0.5-1 liter). Fill it half-way with piping hot water (doesn’t have to be boiling). Fill the rest of the bottle with granulated sugar. Shake vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved. This recipe will keep almost indefinitely if refrigerated.
Now, the actual mojito:
Drop 12 mint leaves into the glass
Slice your 1/2 lime into quarters and place in glass
Pour approximately 2 tbsp. simple syrup into the glass. Once you’ve made a few mojitos, you may wish to adjust this to taste.
Using a large wooden spoon, gently muddle (or “crush”) all ingredients against the bottom of the glass. The key here is gently. The goal is to softly release the taste and aroma of the ingredients and not to demolish same into paste.
Fill the glass 2/3 with ice.
Add 1.5 ounces rum.
Top with soda water/seltzer
Stir gently with a bar spoon
Serve with a wedge of lime
Done! Sip and enjoy. This is truly the perfect “sitting on the porch watching the sun go down” cocktail.
Side note: the Bacardi mojito website has a few fruity variations on this recipe. For me, the above is the mojito in its simplest, truest, and tastiest form.
Highball glass
Soda water/seltzer
Light rum (I recommend Bacardi Silver)
Simple syrup (basically sugar water)
12 mint leaves
1/2 lime
Ice
Directions:
First, make the simple syrup. Find an average size water bottle (approximately 0.5-1 liter). Fill it half-way with piping hot water (doesn’t have to be boiling). Fill the rest of the bottle with granulated sugar. Shake vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved. This recipe will keep almost indefinitely if refrigerated.
Now, the actual mojito:
Drop 12 mint leaves into the glass
Slice your 1/2 lime into quarters and place in glass
Pour approximately 2 tbsp. simple syrup into the glass. Once you’ve made a few mojitos, you may wish to adjust this to taste.
Using a large wooden spoon, gently muddle (or “crush”) all ingredients against the bottom of the glass. The key here is gently. The goal is to softly release the taste and aroma of the ingredients and not to demolish same into paste.
Fill the glass 2/3 with ice.
Add 1.5 ounces rum.
Top with soda water/seltzer
Stir gently with a bar spoon
Serve with a wedge of lime
Done! Sip and enjoy. This is truly the perfect “sitting on the porch watching the sun go down” cocktail.
Side note: the Bacardi mojito website has a few fruity variations on this recipe. For me, the above is the mojito in its simplest, truest, and tastiest form.