| Mojito (pronounced [moh-HEE-toh]) is a traditional | | | | 2 ounces - white rum |
| Cuban drink cocktail that became very popular during | | | | 2 ounces - club soda |
| the late 1980s, but has seen resurgence in popularity | | | | First, place the mint leaves at the bottom of a long |
| in recent years. | | | | mojito glass or collins glass and pour or squeeze the |
| The mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: | | | | lime juice over it.? Add the powdered sugar and |
| rum, powdered sugar, lime juice, club soda, and mint. | | | | gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar |
| Its combination of sweetness and refreshing citrus | | | | with a wooden muddler.? Add crushed ice, rum, club |
| and mint flavors tend to mask the potent kick of the | | | | soda in that order and stir.? Garnish with the mint |
| rum so be careful. | | | | sprig. |
| The mojito is once again considered a highly | | | | The above isn't the original mojito recipe born out of |
| fashionable drink. Its popularity resurgence is | | | | Bodeguita del Medio, Cuba, but is close using |
| evidenced by its prominent role in recent Bacardi rum | | | | ingredients you can get at the local supermarket and |
| advertisements as well as being featured in several | | | | liquor store. For a more authentic mojito, some |
| current television shows and movies. | | | | people will take half of the juiced lime and cut into |
| There are countless recipes for the mojito, but this is | | | | wedges to garnish the glass.? Another variation is to |
| the version for the one Hemingway himself enjoyed | | | | add Angostura bitters to dilute the mojito's |
| at the mojito's place of birth - La Bodeguita del Medio | | | | sweetness, which is a popular version in Havana |
| in Havana, Cuba.? | | | | hotels although not the true Bodeguita recipe.? Some |
| Here is how to make a mojito with readily obtained | | | | Cubans also use guarapo, which is sugar cane syrup, |
| ingredients: | | | | instead of the powdered sugar. |
| 1 teaspoon - powdered sugar | | | | If you are throwing a Cuban or Havana night themed |
| 2 ounces ? lime juice or juice from one lime | | | | party, be prepared to serve mojitos - a true Cuban |
| 4 or 5 mint leaves | | | | drink!? |
| 1 sprig of mint | | | | ? |