Raspberry Mojito
A cocktail recipe
I’m not a big drinker. However, the fun of playing with flavors is something I really enjoy, and doing that with something like this also makes for a nice refreshing evening relaxation. Just what I need on a hot summer night once in a while!
I’d walked out to turn on the irrigation, which meant stepping into a patch of mint (yes, I have some planted in-ground. It’s planned. It’s controllable. I love the smell when I mow the edge of the patch) and that reminded me I wanted to look up a mojito recipe and play around with it.
I don’t have simple syrup on hand and wasn’t in the mood to make up a batch. Plus, like I said, I don’t drink often so I feel like it would go bad before I used it. What I did have was a Raspberry syrup I’d bought for coffee. Works. I didn’t have limes on hand. I did have key lime juice in the fridge that needed to be used up. Spiffy!
Raspberry Mojito
2 oz white rum
1 oz key lime juice
1/2 oz raspberry syrup
three small sprigs of mint1
Club soda to top off glass (I don’t know, six ounces?)
Combine the rum, juice, syrup, and two sprigs of mint in a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Shake vigorously for no more than a half a minute until it’s very cold. Strain liquid into a 16 oz glass about half-filled with ice. Pour club soda over this. Stir very gently. Garnish with sprig of mint and sip.
Beautifully tart, with a hint of mint that isn’t overwhelming. So smooth and refreshing. Dangerous, really.
I actually think this would work very well as a mocktail, just leave out the rum, and it will still have a lot of flavor without the kick. I’ll try that soon!
Enjoy! Kick back with a book on the porch and let your cares drift away.
I have a ‘mojito’ mint variety in the back garden, but this particular variety is a more ‘savory’ fragrant one that I use for a lot of cooking. Peppermint will also work. I don’t care for spearmint so I don’t recommend that.
Controllable mint? Witchcraft! :D
That looks delicious! I typically use a traditional method of muddling the mint leaves in the bottom of the glass with cane sugar, then adding a key lime, cut and squeezed, as well as vodka or rum. Then I top it off with a few ice cubes and the club soda. I am not drinking anymore, so now I skip the alcohol now. I ripped my spearmint out of my flowerbed a few years ago, but it showed back up last year, so I am tolerating it again for right now. The people who had the house before me had planted it, and it had gotten completely out of hand. I love the idea of using the raspberry syrup! I canned some this winter and may try a virgin version of your recipe. Thank you for sharing!