Many of those who drink alcohol prefer to mix it in cocktails rather than take it in its purest form. This improves the taste of the original drink and decreases its strength. You must admit that vodka mixed even with a simple Coca-Cola is drunk much nicer and easier than in pure form. This is especially true for women who cannot drink high alcohol drinks. The alcoholic Mojito, the recipe of which you will find in our article, has an excellent fresh taste of mint, sweet enough thanks to the addition of sugar syrup, and real Cuban rum, for example, Bakkardi, gives it a pleasant strength. This cocktail is one of the favorites of beach bars and summer parties, so you will not regret it if you try to make Mojito alcohol at home.
Cocktail recipe: the main thing is to mix the ingredients correctly
This drink, created in Cuba in Havana, was one of Ernest Hemingway 's favorites . By the way, the Bodegvita del Medio cafe - the very place where Mojito was mixed for the first time - is still working. If you are planning a trip to the capital of cigars and rum, you can safely bring this small restaurant to the guide to memorable places. And for those who just want to make a classic alcoholic Mojito, the recipe is given with all the details. For one serving, take:
- 50 ml of light Cuban rum type "Bakkardi";
- fresh lime;
- 7-8 mint leaves;
- a teaspoon of sugar;
- soda water (shveps, sprite or other, but white).
To start, dissolve sugar in lime juice and pour into a tall glass. Remember mint with your hands or a little crush in a mortar, add to lime. Pour crushed ice up to half a glass, pour in rum and fill to the top with
soda water or Sprite. By the way, if you add the last to the cocktail, then you need to put less sugar, because the soda is already quite sweet. Of course, this mix has other cooking options. About how to mix berry alcohol "Mojito", the recipe of which is only slightly changed in comparison with the classic, read further in our article. Ladies will especially enjoy it and will be a great refreshing drink at a summer party on a hot day. For him, you can take any berry (strawberries, raspberries, cherries), fantasize a little and add something that you especially like.
Mojito alcohol cocktail. Berries or Fruits Recipe
To mix this beautiful and tasty drink, you will need:
- a few sprigs of mint (enough to take 2-3);
- 1 medium lime;
- a teaspoon of brown cane sugar;
- 3-4 berries of strawberries;
- 50 ml of rum (light);
- 20 ml of strawberry syrup or liquor;
- soda water.
First, cut the lime into several segments and squeeze the juice with your hands, which need to pour the
cane sugar. After wash and peel the strawberries, divide each berry into several parts and place in a tall glass. Lime juice with sugar must be poured into the same container. Before putting mint, remember it carefully with your hands or with a pestle - this way it will release oils and give the necessary aroma to the drink. Almost done - it remains to add rum, crushed ice (up to half or a third of a glass) and top up with soda water. The result was a fresh and tasty cocktail. Isn't that an easy recipe? "Mojito alcoholic" can be made not only with strawberries, but also raspberries (add 10 berries), cherries (a third of a glass without stones), cherries or pureed unsweetened fruits. Show your imagination and using one basic recipe, at each party you can serve different cocktails.