Mojitos Recipe

By Angela Casley
Viva
Add a good bunch of mint to these chilled mojitos. Photo / Babiche Martens
MOJITOS

Makes 1

8 mint leaves, torn roughly

½ lime, cut in four wedges

2 Tbsp sugar syrup*

Ice

45ml white rum

125ml soda water
  1. Place the mint and one lime wedge into a glass and crush using a muddler to release the oils and juice.
  2. Add two more wedges and the syrup, then crush again. Fill the glass with ice.
  3. Pour the rum over the ice and top with soda.

* Sugar syrup: Simmer 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water for 5-10 minutes until slightly syrupy. Cool, store in a jar in the fridge.

Share this article:

Featured