Mojito Recipes and Variations

The Classic Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1 Large Sprig Spearmint
  • .75 oz. Simple Syrup
  • 1 oz. Lime Juice
  • 2 oz. White Rum
  • 3 oz. Sparkling Mineral Water

Directions

Gently muddle the spearmint sprig and syrup in a 16 oz mixing glass. Add the lime juice, rum, and mineral water with the spent lime hull for garnishment. Fill with crushed ice and stir until drink is combined and glass is frosty.


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Original Bacardi Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1 part Bacardi Rum
  • 3 parts Club Soda
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 1/2 Lime
  • 1/2 Part Sugar

Directions

Place 12 mint leaves, 1/2 part sugar, and 1/2 lime in a glass. Muddle well with a pestile. Add rum, top off with club soda, stir well and garnish with sprigs of mint or a lime wheel.

Variations

Flavored rums can be used to add a little extra flavor. Substitute Coconut, Apple, Raspberry, Orange, Limon, Peach, or Melon flavored rum for traditional white rum.


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Authentic Cuban Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
  • 2 oz. Squeezed Lime Juice
  • 4 mint leaves
  • 1 sprig of mint
  • 2 oz. Havana Club White Rum
  • 2 oz. club soda

Directions

Place the mint leaves into a Collins and squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. You'll want about two ounces of lime juice, so it may not require all of the juice from a single lime. Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device pictured below, though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn't available). Add ice (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda (you can also stir the club soda in as per your taste). Garnish with a mint sprig.

Variations

While the following isn't the authentic original Bodeguita del Medio Cuban recipe for a mojito, some people will take half of the juiced lime and cut into into four wedges to add to the glass. Another variation is to add Angostura bitters to cut the mojito's sweetness, which is a popular version in Havana hotels although not the true Bodeguita recipe. Some Cubans also use "guarapo" in place of the powdered sugar, which is a sugar cane syrup available in the Latin food section of some supermarkets and definitely in online Latin grocery stores (typically sold in 12 ounce cans just like soft drinks).


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Tommy Bahama Millionaire Mojito

Ingredients
  • 2 parts Tommy Bahama White Sand Rum
  • 1 teaspoon super fine sugar
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • 1 bunch of fresh mint
  • Sparkling soda

Directions

Muddle ingredients in a shaker, add ice and rum, shake well and pour into a chilled glass. Add sparkling soda. Garnish with a mint sprig and enjoy!


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Miami Gold Mojito

Ingredients
  • 10-15 mint leaves
  • 1 cup gold rum
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1/2 cup raw sugar (brown sugar)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons lime peel
  • 3 cups club soda

Directions

Place ingredients into a blender and mix for 15-20 seconds. Pour into glass of crushed ice.


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The Czech Mojito

Ingredients
  • 2 spoons demerara sugar
  • 3/4 Sliced Lime
  • 8-10 lime leaves
  • Light Rum
  • 1 large mint leaf or sprig
  • Sparkling water

Directions

Add two bar spoons of demerara sugar, three quarters of fresh sliced limes and eight to ten fresh lime leaves to a highball and muddle the contents. Fill glass with crushed ice and then pour in light rum until the glass has only around an inch remaining. Add a full mint leaf (one the length of the glass) and the remaining lime slice. Fill to top with sparkling water and stir from the bottom up using the bar spoon so the lime, mint leaves and sugar sit all the way through the glass. A strong version but an absolute winner.


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Lavender Cucumber Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1/8 fresh European cucumber
  • 1/2 lime
  • 15 mint leaves
  • 1 oz. Bacardi Light Rum
  • .5 oz. Cointreau (a brand of triple sec)
  • .5 oz. Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup

Directions

Combine all ingredients, shake and strain over ice into tall glass before topping with club soda.


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Strawberry Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1/2 of a lime
  • 10-12 mint leaves torn
  • 3 Strawberries
  • 3/4 oz. simple syrup or 2 teaspoons of sugar
  • 2 oz. white rum
  • Club soda

Directions

In a 10 or 12 ounce glass add juice of lime, mint, 2 strawberries and simple syrup. Muddle ingredients. Fill the glass with crushed ice, rum. Cut strawberry into smaller pieces and shake well. Top off with club soda.


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PF Chang's Imperial Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1 Tablespoon Superfine Sugar
  • 3 Lime Sections
  • 5 Leaves of Mint
  • 1 oz Sour Apple Pucker
  • 1.5 oz Bicardi Limon Rum
  • 1 oz Pineapple Juice
  • Club Soda

Directions

Muddle the lime, sugar and mint leaves together. Add the Sour Apple Pucker, Limon Rum, and Pineapple Juice and shake with crushed ice. Pour into a tall glass (highball or collins) and top off with the club soda.


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Mistletoe Mojito

Ingredients
  • 1 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp. superfine sugar
  • 8 fresh mint leaves
  • 2 oz. white rum
  • 2 tsp. pomegranate seeds
  • 4 oz. Pomegranate 7-UP
  • 1 mint sprig
  • 1 lime wedge

Directions

In a highball glass, muddle lime juice, sugar and mint leaves until sugar is dissolved. Add rum and pomegranate seeds. Fill glass with ice and top with Pomegranate 7-UP. Garnish with mint sprig and lime wedge. Enjoy!


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