Trial and error pay off! Time-consuming mojito recipe, but so worth it.
Ingredients
- mint leaves: 6 piece
- white sugar: 4 tsp
- lime, cut into 6 wedges: 1 piece
- jiggers lemon-flavored rum: 2 piece (1.5 fluid ounce)
- ice cubes: 1 cup (or as needed)
- carbonated water: 0.5 cup (or as needed)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Put 3 mint leaves and 2 teaspoons sugar into each of 2 glass tumblers; vigorously stir sugar and mint together, crushing mint with the back of a spoon to release oils.
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Add 3 lime wedges to each glass; again stir vigorously to release some lime juice.
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Pour 1 jigger rum into each glass, then fill glasses with ice cubes. Top with carbonated water; stir.
