Strawberry Mojito

Ingredients:

• 2oz (60ml) Light Rum.
• 8-12 Mint leaves
• 3/4oz (22.5ml) lime juice
• 2 Strawberries (halved)
• 1 oz (30ml) Simple Syrup made from white sugar
• 1 oz (30ml) Soda (or to taste)
• Garnish - whole strawberry

Instructions:

1. Add simple syrup and strawberries to a shaker.
2. Muddle until the berries are well broken up.
   
3. Add mint, rum and lime juice
4. Shake over ice and double-strain into an iced collins glass.
5. Add 30ml (or to taste) of soda water
6. Gently Mix with bar spoon
7. Garnish with a strawberry

The garnish could do with some work but these were super tasty. This was a great and a simple twist on the classic Mojito. They were even better when we swapped out the light rum for spiced, though you need to knock back the simple syrup to 3/4oz as spiced rum is pretty sweet already. Cocktail aficionados love to hate spiced rum, but everything has it's place.

Source: Adapted from Jim Meehan’s Mojito recipe - PDT
Photo: Phil Anderson