Mojito

Serves: 1
Prep time: 5-10

Ingredients: 

45ml White Rum

15ml Sugar syrup

Handful of mint

5 Lime Wedges

Lemonade

Squash

Method: 

Muddle mint and Lime in a glass shaker. 

Add the Sugar syrup and the White Rum.

Shake hard but slow then remove metal Shaker. Fill with ice and top up with Lemonade and Squash. Serve in glass shaker. Garnish with a mint leaf and a lime wheel.

The mojito is a classic, great for a summers day, very refreshing. I have to try them whenever I see them in a bar and as a result I’ve had some amazing ones all over... I’ve also had some terrible ones too.

I have mojitos with the mint left in, with the mint out, with sugar syrup, with hard sugar muddled in, with lemons instead of limes. The list goes on but I have taken my favourite aspects from all my "research" ;) and used it to create the best mojito recipe.

I originally grew up in the UK and moved to Australia later in life. I was working behind the bar and someone asked me for squash, for context in England we call cordial squash, so I asked if he wanted lime or raspberry. He just looked and laughed, clearly understanding the confusion and explained the difference.

This recipe calls for both lemonade and squash as I think the combination adds quite a nice contrast to only one or the other.