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Hi,
We've been researching mojitos recently and are looking for people's favorite recipes, and suggestions for which brand(s) of sparkling water you like the best. Also suggestions for best mid-grade white rum - we use myer's platinum which we find to be substantially smoother to basic bacardi light rum
So far the best one is:
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 2 TBL simple syrup (we are trying agave nectar for dietary reasons)
- 1.5 oz rum
- lots of mint leaves
muddle lime, syrup & mint leaves, fill glass with ice cubes, add rum and top with soda
We've been researching mojitos recently and are looking for people's favorite recipes, and suggestions for which brand(s) of sparkling water you like the best. Also suggestions for best mid-grade white rum - we use myer's platinum which we find to be substantially smoother to basic bacardi light rum
So far the best one is:
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 2 TBL simple syrup (we are trying agave nectar for dietary reasons)
- 1.5 oz rum
- lots of mint leaves
muddle lime, syrup & mint leaves, fill glass with ice cubes, add rum and top with soda
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Re: your favorite Mojito recipe?
Mon, July 25, 2005 - 2:04 PMI would love to hear how this turns out with the agave nectar, what a great idea. -
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Re: your favorite Mojito recipe?
Thu, July 28, 2005 - 12:02 PMThe agave nectar works fine, we use it because O can have a bad reaction to sucrose (cane sugar) and it has a low glycemic index (south beach diet) and is more affordable than Stevia and doesn't have such a distinctive non-sugar taste like stevia -
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Re: your favorite Mojito recipe?
Wed, September 21, 2005 - 10:07 PMagave syrup also makes a great scratch margarita
1 part fresh lime juice
1 part cointreau, grand marnier, citronge, etc. (or picon for something new)
2 parts tequila
1/4 part orange curacao
1-2 tbsp agave syrup
1/2 - 1 part water
ice
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Re: your favorite Mojito recipe?
Thu, July 28, 2005 - 12:01 PMI was looking through older cocktail recipe books and in David Embrey's art of the cocktail, he classifies a mojito as a rum collins (a tom collins made with rum) with mint.
Fancy that.
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Re: your favorite Mojito recipe?
Sun, September 25, 2005 - 11:30 PMI like a traditional recipe of rum, lime wheels, mint, simple syrup (I make a lime simple syrup and keep it in the fridge - happened by accident one day I was making candied peels for a dessert and didnt want to waste the yummy lime syrup) all muddled together, poured over ice and topped with soda. However, I also have a few variations:
I know most mojito recipes call for light rum, but I really love Mt Gay in a mojito since it already has a little bit of a minty flavor.
Soda is a waste of valuable space in my glass - replace it with champagne.
I have also been known to throw in a bit of mango juice. This works best when making pitchers of mojitos for all day drinking in the sun. Waters it down a bit, so not a *traditional* mojito, but hey - its my drink.
*raises glass*
Cheers!
