mojito

Photo by: Joseph DeLeo

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Ingredients

  • 1 oz. (2 Tbsp.) fresh lime juice
  • 1 tsp. powdered sugar
  • 4 loose mint leaves plus 1 mint sprig
  • 2 oz. (¼ cup) light rum
  • cold club soda, optional

Directions

Combine lime juice, sugar, and loose mint leaves in glass; stir well, crushing mint slightly. Fill glass with crushed ice; stir in rum. If desired, top with club soda, stirring gently. Garnish with mint sprig.


© 1998 Sharon Tyler Herbst and Rob Herbst
 

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