Mojito cocktail is one of the most popular cocktails on five continents. First cooked on the island of Cuba in the distant sixteenth century, this cocktail quickly won an army of fans and its recipe began to spread with great speed around the world. In those days, the strength of the drink was close to 40% - it included local home-brewed tinctures, instead of the usual later rum. It is said that the Mojito cocktail was the favorite drink of the world famous Ernest Hemingway. The American writer used mojito in the morning instead of coffee. To date, there are two types of recipes for preparing a cocktail mojito - with and without alcohol.
The composition of the alcoholic cocktail mojito (its classical version) includes five ingredients: light rum, mint leaves, lime, carbonated water and sugar. Mint and lime, thanks to their strong refreshing taste, make the presence of alcohol in the mojito cocktail almost imperceptible. That is why, the drink has become popular among women, and among men, especially in the summer.
In the composition of a non-alcoholic cocktail mohito rum is absent. Instead of alcohol, water is added to the drink with cane sugar. In many public institutions, rum is replaced with ordinary water. Nevertheless, there is no big difference in the tastes of alcoholic and nonalcoholic cocktail version of mojito.
The recipe for classic mojito at home
Ingredients:
- 50 ml of light rum,
- 200 ml of sparkling water,
- 1 lime,
- a few branches of mint,
- 1 teaspoon of sugar;
- a few ice cubes.
Preparation
In a tall glass should be poured sugar, add mint and crush these ingredients well. Lime should be cut into 4 or 6 lobules, each of them first squeezed into a glass, and then lowered there. Ice cubes must be crushed, poured into a glass, add rum to it and mix the whole mixture until the glass walls become misted. After that, the glass should be poured in soda water, decorate it with a lime slice and a lemon twig and serve it to a table with a straw. Mojito cocktail is ready!
Recipe for Mojito non-alcoholic cocktail at home
Ingredients:
- one bottle of 0.5 liter sprite or tonic;
- 2 teaspoons brown cane sugar;
- 1 lime;
- several branches of mint.
Preparation
The principle of preparation of this version of the cocktail practically does not differ from the preparation of mojito with rum. All the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, lime is squeezed, mint is crushed, and the ice should be crushed.
Knowing how to make mojito, you can cook it even for children, adding or replacing ingredients in it. Many children's cafes often use the recipe for strawberry mojito. To all the standard ingredients of this cocktail, 5-6 large strawberries are added, which, too, are thoroughly mixed in a glass. Adding these berries makes the taste of the mojito cocktail fruit and rich.
If you take care that there are always ice, lime, soda and mint leaves in the fridge, enjoy the taste of this drink every day, since making a cocktail of mojito at home is absolutely for everyone.