Archive for Mojitos
Renata Does MOJITOS
Renata travels, eats, educates and has a sexy good time. She’s also becoming something of a YouTube sensation. In this episode she tries to make Mojitos. Unfortunately, she doesn’t do a very good job of it. DON’T use this as an example. But there is something strangely hypnotic about the video anyway…
Mojitos by the pitcher
If you’re throwing a party and Mojitos are on the menu, it can get a little tiresome to make them individually. This weekend I had some (alcoholic) friends over and I realized I needed a way to make Mojitos in bigger batches. Ideally, I think the best Mojitos are made one at a time, but I have to admit these came out pretty tasty. The following ingredient should serve about 6.
Ingredients
- 3 cups (packed) fresh mint leaves
- 9 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Bacardi Silver rum
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 6 cups club soda
- 6 cups crushed ice
- 6 lime wedges
How To Make It:
Since the idea is to get 6 drinks out of this, keep 6 (or more) mint leaves back for the garnish. Take the remaining mint leaves and put them in a bowl with the sugar. With a wooden spoon mash ingredients until the oils are released and you can really start to smell the mint. Throw it in a pitcher (you may want to strain it first, but I don’t) and add the lime juice and rum. Stir it until the sugar is dissolved. Add your club soda and gently stir.
Now grab your individual glasses and fill them with CRUSHED ice. Pour the mojito and garnish each glass with mint leaves and a lime wedge.
One other tip: When I am muddling the mint leaves and sugar, I like to throw the hull of a lime in as well. I’m not sure if it does anything, but I have a strange idea that the juices from skin of the fruit add a little something.
Mojitos and Puppets
Mojito Madness continues with a new how - to - make - a - mojito - video. This one is cool because it has puppets. A quick question for the readership - do any of you muddle part of the lime peel along with the mind leaves? I’ve been told it releases some oils, etc. but now I am thinking it is just superstition.
Bonus: Want to see the world’s slowest Mojito being made? This is a great video, but I couldn’t embed it. See how they mix mojito’s old-school in Cuba. It may be slow, but I bet that tastes GOOOOD.
Mojito Do’s and Don’ts
Jeffrey Morgenthaler and I must be on the same psychic wavelength because we both posted a bunch of stuff about Mojito’s today. The cool thing is that Jeffrey actually writes nice, helpful and articulate posts, whereas I post goofy videos and write about Orbit Mint Mojito Gum.
Jeffrey has a really nice post documenting some “do’s” and “don’t”s when it comes to making or ordering mojitos. Here are a few tips I would like to bring special attention to:
- Do use crushed ice in your mojitos. Crushed ice will melt faster, which is a good thing in a drink with such strong flavors. The extra surface area of crushed ice also means a colder drink.
- Do not over-muddle the mint, or muddle the lime with the ice cubes. These are strictly amateur moves.
- Do not order a mojito when there is a line at the bar. Your bartender is probably not going to put a lot of love into it. In fact, you might get just the opposite.
- Do not slurp down a mojito in less time than it took your bartender to make it. You’re probably already on the back burner for ordering it in the first place, and it’s going to be a while before you’re allowed another.
This is enough to get you started… now go read the whole list.
It’s Mojito time!
Summer is here and it’s time to start thinking about refreshing drinks that are good for patio and poolside drinking. For the next few days we will be kicking things off with the ever-popular Mojito. Some people get intimidated when it comes to Mojitos because there is muddling involved. I don’t know why this is - because I LOVE to muddle. To kick things off, here is a quick recipe for making super-simple Bacardi-style Mojitos.
For something a little more exciting - check out our Raspberry Mojito Recipe! It’s currently the most popular recipe at Joe Bartender.