Mojito "Madness"

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Restaurant Cocktail Recipe

Favorite Restaurant Drink Recipe

The Mojito has taken off in a huge way in the last few of years!

Because of the number orders for the favorite restaurant drink recipe I am getting at the restaurant and the fact that this cocktail must be muddled, my bartenders can hardly keep up.

This cocktail recipe is actually an old traditional Cuban drink recipe, once equally popular in the U.S. during the late 1890's. This restaurant drink recipe is a rum version of the Mint Julep that uses bourbon.

Although there are many variations for making this cocktail, the one I have on this page is the same one Hemingway enjoyed. As far as I know it is the original recipe. It is the one I use successfully at my restaurant. It is customer tested and approved. The recipe is a famous restaurant cocktail recipe.

Original Mojito Recipe

Favorite Restaurant Drink Recipe

Preparation time: 3-4 minutes. Serves 1

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces of white (light) rum
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
1 tablespoon super fine sugar or sugarcane syrup (Sugarcane syrup is the secret ingredient in this best restaurant recipe for the perfect beverage. This hard-to-find sweet nectar will elevate your beverage to new levels. One 11/5 ounce can makes 4 Mojitos. )

4 spearmint leaves
Club soda
Crushed ice
1 sprig of spearmint for garnish

Instructions:

Place the mint leaves, super fine sugar or syrup and lime in a mixing glass
Then gently smash the spearmint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device but you can also try using the back of a spoon)
Add the rum
Strain the mixture into a tall glass (Collins glass)
Add ice
Add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda
Garnish with a mint sprig

Slightly Different Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces white rum
1/2 lime cut into very thin slices
3 whole fresh spearmint leaves
4 teaspoon sugar
2 ounces club soda
Ice
Lime slice for garnish
Sprig of mint for garnish

Instructions:

Place spearmint leaves, lime slices and sugar in a shaker and muddle (crush together)
Add ice and rum to the shaker and shake the mixture
Fill a tall glass with ice and strain mixture into the glass
Top with club soda
Garnish with lime slice and sprig of fresh mint