This Cuban mojito is very similar to the drinks I enjoyed in Varadero, Cuba. The muddling and the order of the ingredients helps ensure that all the flavors are well blended. Serve with a straw and a decorative stir stick to keep the different flavors well mixed together.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 2 tsp
- lime, cut into 4 wedges: 1 piece
- sprigs fresh mint: 4 piece
- ice: 2 cups (or as needed, crushed)
- white rum: 0.5 cup
- club soda: 2 cups
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Stages of cooking
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Place 1 teaspoon sugar each into two 12-ounce glasses. Squeeze juice from a lime wedge into each glass and drop in the wedge. Place 2 mint sprigs into each glass. Use a spoon or muddler to mash lime mixture together in the bottom of the glasses.
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Fill each glass about half full with crushed ice. Pour 1/4 cup rum into each glass. Fill the glasses with club soda, stir, and garnish with remaining lime wedges. AllrecipesPhoto
