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Mojito

The Valmont Way...

Ingredients:

50ml Bacardi Oro

4 Lime Wedges

3 Bar Soons White Sugar

6 Mint Leaves

Crushed Ice

Soda Water

Preparation:

-Muddles the lime and the sugar

-Slap the mint on top of the drink to release flavour, add it, stir it and DO NOT MUDDLE, as to not

break the mint

-Add the crushed Ice

-Add the rum

-Churn it

-Add more crushed ice to fill the glass, add a dash of soda and garnish with a mint sprig

Garnish Example

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Mojito (pronounced /mohito/; Spanish: [moxito]) is a traditional Cuban highball.

A Mojito is traditionally made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane

juice), lime, sparkling water and mint. The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba

buena, a mint variety very popular in the island. [1][2] Its combination of sweetness, refreshing

citrus and mint flavors are intended to complement the potent kick of the rum, and have

made this clear highball a popular summer drink.[3][4]

When preparing a Mojito, lime juice is added to sugar (or syrup) and mint leaves. The

mixture is then gently mashed with a muddler. The mint leaves should only be bruised to

release the essential oils and should not be shredded.[5]

Then rum is added and the mixture

is briefly stirred to dissolve the sugar and to lift the mint sprigs up from the bottom for

better presentation. Finally, the drink is topped with ice cubes and sparkling water. Mint

leaves and lime wedges are used to garnish the glass.[6]

The mojito is one of the most famous rum-based highballs. There are several versions of the

mojito.[7]

Origin

Cuba is the birthplace of the Mojito, although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the

subject of debate.[8]

One story traces the Mojito to a similar 16th century drink, the "El

Draque", in honor of Sir Francis Drake.[4]

It was made initially with tafia/aguardiente, a

primitive predecessor of rum,[4] but rum was used as soon as it became widely available to

the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this

spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was still the original

combination of these ingredients.

Some historians contend that African slaves who worked in t he Cuban sugar cane fields

during the 19th century were instrumental in the cocktail's origin.[8]

Guarapo, the sugar cane

juice often used in Mojitos,[4]

was a popular drink amongst the slaves who helped coin the

name of the sweet nectar.[8]

There are several theories behind the origin of the name Mojito; one such theory holds that

name relates to mojo, a Cuban seasoning made from lime and used to flavour dishes.[4][9]

Another theory is that the name Mojito is simply a derivative of mojadito, Spanish for "a

little wet", or simply the diminutive of "mojado" (wet).

The Mojito was a favorite drink of author Ernest Hemingway.[10]

Ernest Hemingway made

the bar called La Bodeguita del medio famous as he became one of its regulars and he wrote

"My mojito in La Bodeguita, My daiquiri in El Floridita. This expression in English can still be

read on the wall of the bar today, in his handwriting. [1]

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Variations

y Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the

Mojito; while icing sugar is often muddled with the mint leaves rather than cane

sugar, and many establishments simply use sugar syrup to control sweetness.[11].

Many bars today in Havana use lemon juice rather than fresh lime.y Fruit-flavoured vodkas or rums, such as mango, strawberry, lychee or mandarin, are

often substituted. [3][12]

y A Mexican Mojito uses the Mexican native tequila instead of rum as a primary

alcohol, and simple syrup instead of sugar for a sweetener.

y A "Dirty Mojito" uses spiced rum, brown sugar syrup, key limes, crushed mint, and

soda.

y A Mojito without alcohol is called a "Virgin Mojito"[13]

or "Nojito"[14]

y An "Apple Mojito" uses apple -flavoured liqueur as well as rum.[15]

y The drink is also spelled Mohito and Moxito in certain cultural areas of Cuba.[citation

needed]

y

For those who cannot tolerate sugar, agave nectar can substitute for the cane sugar.