Category Archives: Mojito

Anastasia’s Garden

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Anastasia's Garden

Anastasia’s Garden

A new year is nearly upon us, which is a good time to celebrate with a  brilliantly refreshing cocktail, Anastasia’s Garden. Flavours of sweet  strawberries and fragrant basil combine with premium vodka and some carbonation  to dance on your tongue. Pressing refresh never tasted so good.

Ingredients

1oz Russian Standard vodka

4 basil leaves

3 ripe strawberries

3oz soda (or champagne)

Garnish with a basil leaf

Method

Cut the tops off the strawberries and place directly into a glass. Give the  basil leaves a smack to awaken them and place on top of the strawberries. Muddle  until the berries are all pressed. Fill with ice and pour in the vodka. Top with  soda or champagne and stir gently. Place a basil leaf or sprig for garnish.  Enjoy!

Tips

The carbonation not only gives your taste buds some fun, it also helps  release the fresh fruit and herb aromas.

If using a champagne, choose a dry or Brut champagne. Another substitution is  sparkling white wine

Ginger Mojito

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Ginger Mojito

Spice up your summer cocktail experience with the Ginger Mojito. Sweet rum and sour lime go great with fresh mint and a spicy hint of ginger.

Ingredients:

2 ginger slices

6 mint leaves

3 lime wedges

2 oz. Brugal Anejo Rum

Top with ginger ale

Mint leaves and ginger slice for garnish

Method:

In a mixing glass, place lime wedges, ginger slices and mint leaves. Press with a muddle to release the oils and juices. Add ice and pour in Brugal Anejo Rum. Shake to mix and chill, then pour into a glass. Add more ice and top with ginger ale. Finish with a garnish of a mint leaf and ginger slice on the rim.

Tips:

Feeling like it needs more spice? Add more ginger slices or substitute ginger beer for the ginger ale.

Desire something a little on the sweeter side? Add a half ounce of simple syrup.

Using an aged rum like Brugal Anejo adds more flavour to your mojito than a white rum.

Silver Berry cocktail

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Silver Berry

If your only experience with tequila is in a shot glass with salt and a lime wedge, you’re missing out. Fresh agave tequila mixed with ripe strawberry and raspberry, balanced with a hint of lime, creates a refreshing drink. Even if you’re not a tequila fan, cocktails with tequila can change your mind.

Ingredients

1 oz. Sauza Silver Tequila

1/2 oz. Triple Sec Liqueur

1 ripe strawberry

1 raspberry

2 lime wedges

Lime wheel fruit flag garnish

Method

Cut a large strawberry in half and place in a glass along with a raspberry and lime wedges. Muddle until all ingredients have been pressed.

Add ice, pour in Sauza Tequila and Triple Sec. Shake to mix and strain into a glass with new ice.

Garnish with a fruit flag.

Tips

To make a fruit flag, cut a lime slice and place a cherry in the middle. Pin together with a cocktail pick.

When using fresh fruits it is important to make sure they are ripe and full of flavour. If you happen to buy fruit that isn’t juicy, you may need to add more to achieve the same flavour profile.

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Coco Mojito

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COCO MOJITO

Relax and refresh with a light tropical flavoured mojito. Fresh mint, lime citrus and coconut create this cocktail that’s not too sugary sweet. It’s perfect for those warm sunny days to come!

Ingredients:

2 oz. Cruzan coconut rum

½ oz. simple syrup

6 mint leaves

2-3 lime wedges

3 oz. coconut water

Sprig of mint for garnish

Method:

Muddle limes, mint, and simple syrup. Add crushed ice and pour into Cruzan coconut rum. Stir to mix ingredients. Add more crushed ice and top with coconut water. Garnish with mint sprig.

Tips:

Simple syrup is made with equal parts of sugar and water.

Cruzan coconut rum is naturally flavoured so the tropical taste is enhanced by mixing in coconut water.

Crushed ice is nice in mojitos because it helps to keep the fresh muddled ingredients in the lower portion of the glass.

Pineapple Mojito

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Pineapple Mojito

April is the beginning of pineapple season and that means it’s time for juicy ripe pineapples. I couldn’t resist using them in one of my favourite drinks — the mojito.

Using Brugal Anejo (aged) rum from the Dominican Republic, for its smooth oak and caramel flavours, I mixed it with ripe sweet pineapple and refreshing mint.

A cocktail can be more than just something to drink, and this one will give you a vacation!

Ingredients

2 oz. Brugal Anejo rum

6 mint leaves

4 chunks of pineapple (1/2 cubes)

crushed ice

Top with soda

Garnish with a pineapple wedge and sprig of mint

Method

In a tall glass, start with pineapple chunks and mint, muddle to press the juice and oils out. Fill with crushed ice and pour Brugal Anejo rum over top. Stir to mix flavours from the bottom and the rum together. Add more crushed ice and top with soda. Place our garnish and serve.

Tips

Mojitos usually contain some sort of sugar for ­sweetness. We don’t have any added sugar in this drink because the pineapple is sweet enough, and we are not using any lime which would alter the drink to be a little more tart.

Using an aged (Anejo) rum adds more flavour to your mojito than using a white rum.