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mojito

Photo by: Joseph DeLeo

moh-HEE-toh

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

Note from Cookstr's Editors

Nutritional information is based on the entire recipe, but does not include optional club soda.

 

Nutritional Information

Nutrients per serving

148 kcal
2 % daily value
17 % daily value
0 % daily value
63 mg
6 mg
0 g
3 g
1 g
6 g
0 mg
3 mg
0 g
0 g
4 % daily value

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