Fizzy and Minty Strawberry Mojito Recipe

If you are looking for something refreshing this summer, you have to try this strawberry mojito recipe. Mojito is a traditional Cuban highball. Traditionally, a mojito is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, soda water, and mint. Its combination of sweetness, citrus, and herbaceous mint flavors is intended to complement the rum, and has made the mojito a popular summer drink.

Classic mojito with a few muddled strawberries, lime and the light rum adds a fresh, fruity spectacle to the cocktail. It also looks wonderful in a glass with the combinations of strawberries and mint leaves. Strawberry mojitos recipe is perfect for the Summer cocktail repertoire and you will certainly agree with us!

Ingredients:

50 ml light rum
25 ml sugar syrup
4 medium strawberries, cut into pieces
1/2 lime, cut into wedges
1 handful mint leaves
a splash soda water
crushed ice

Directions:

Place the strawberries and lime wedges into a highball glass and then add the sugar syrup. Start muddle them gently and after, clap the mint leaves two times in your palms. In order to to this, place the leaves in one hand and gently smack it with the other — this warms up the mint slightly and starts to extract the oils before you use it to garnish your drink. When you are finish with this step, place the mint into the glass, add rum and top it up with crushed ice. Stir and add soda water and more ice.
In the end, to make this mojito recipe even more special, garnish it with a slice of lime, a cute strawberry and mint leaves.

Make sure you invite your friends at your place to enjoy this delicious recipe. We are pretty sure you and your dear ones will love this summer cocktail!

Enjoy!
Recipe | Photography: Home Mixology