Mojito Perfecto recipe

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Ingredients

6 mint leaves
4 teaspoons white sugar
1 lime, cut into 6 wedges
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers lemon-flavored rum
1 cup ice cubes, or as needed
½ cup carbonated water, or as needed

Nutrition Info

139.4 calories
carbohydrate: 11.9 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.1 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 0.2 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 3 mg
sugar: 8.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Put 3 mint leaves and 2 teaspoons sugar into each of 2 glass tumblers, vigorously stir sugar and mint together, crushing mint with the back of a spoon to release oils. Add 3 lime wedges to each glass, again stir vigorously to release some lime juice. Pour 1 jigger rum into each glass. Fill glasses with ice cubes and top with carbonated water, stir.

Recipe Yield

2 cocktails

Recipe Note

Trial and error pay off! Time-consuming, but so worth it.

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