I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an easy
and good recipe.

Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a real lime
or is lime juice enough?

Thanks!

"Von Fourche" > wrote in
ink.net:

>
>
> I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an
> easy
> and good recipe.
>
> Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a
> real lime
> or is lime juice enough?
>
> Thanks!


http://www.cubalibrerestaurant.com/recipes.php#mojito

After a couple mojitos, lime juice isn't your problem!

Andy

Von Fourche wrote:
> I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an easy
> and good recipe.
>
> Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a real lime
> or is lime juice enough?
>
> Thanks!

http://dirtythoughts.ninaloca.net/rmojito.html

I like real limes, I keep a small stash here for beverages. But Real
Lime should be ok.

Von Fourche wrote:
> I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an easy
> and good recipe.
>
> Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a real lime
> or is lime juice enough?
>
Here's a standard recipe. After going to the trouble of getting fresh
mint leaves it would be a pity not to use fresh limes as well. -aem

1 1/2 oz. Light Rum
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 tsp Sugar
3-4 Mint Leaves
Club Soda

Combine lime juice, mint and sugar in a tall glass.
Stir and tap gently to bruise the mint.
Fill glass 3/4 with ice.
Add the rum.
Top with soda. Stir well.

Real limes (you need the oils from the rind) are a must as is superfine
sugar and light white rum...

-L.

"aem" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Von Fourche wrote:
> > I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an easy
> > and good recipe.
> >
> > Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a real
lime
> > or is lime juice enough?
> >
> Here's a standard recipe. After going to the trouble of getting fresh
> mint leaves it would be a pity not to use fresh limes as well. -aem
>
> 1 1/2 oz. Light Rum
> 1 oz. Lime Juice
> 1 tsp Sugar
> 3-4 Mint Leaves
> Club Soda
>
> Combine lime juice, mint and sugar in a tall glass.
> Stir and tap gently to bruise the mint.
> Fill glass 3/4 with ice.
> Add the rum.
> Top with soda. Stir well.
>



I got some fresh limes today and just made a mojito. I used the recipe
from Bacardi:

1.5oz rum
12 mint leaves
1/2 lime
4 tsp of sugar
club soda

I put about ten leaves in the bottom. Then put in 4 tsp of sugar. Then
I cut a lime in half. Put one half back in the fridge and put the other
half in a lime squeezer and squeezed most of the lime out. Then I poured
the lime in the cup and then the rum. Then muddled everything until the
sugar was dissolved. Then I cut the one half lime I already used in half
and put one half on the bottom of the glass. Then filled with ice, put in
the other half of the lime, then filled with sparkling water.

I've never had a mojito before in a bar or restaurant so I'm going on
blind taste.

My mojito tastes mostly of mint leaves and lime. I assume that's the
way it's supposed to taste?

Von Fourche at wrote on 7/27/05 8:21 PM:

>
>
> I finally got me some mint leaves to make a Mojito. Now I need an easy
> and good recipe.
>
> Anybody got a good Mojito recipe? Do I need to actually use a real lime
> or is lime juice enough?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

Yes, after going through the trouble of finding fresh mint, don't skimp on
the lime juice, it's the predominant flavor and will really make a huge
different in taste. That bottled lime juice is just nasty.

At least for the first 2.
After that, you'll be too drunk to care what those mojitos taste like! :-)
Enjoy!
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Love like you've never been hurt
Live like there's no tomorrow
And dance like there's nobody watching

Von Fourche wrote:
[snip]
> My mojito tastes mostly of mint leaves and lime. I assume that's the
> way it's supposed to taste?

I don't want to argue with an authority like Bacard=ED, but the recipe I
posted is a lot closer to the way they make them at the Cuban Bistro a
few miles from me. The quantities of mint leaves and of sugar seem
excessive for one tall glass and one shot of rum. -aem

So do you squeeze the lime wedges first and then drop them in? Some
recipes call for the "juice of half a lime". Also, since sugar doesn't
dissolve well in cold liquid, would artificial sweetener be
sacreligious?

wrote:
> So do you squeeze the lime wedges first and then drop them in? Some
> recipes call for the "juice of half a lime". Also, since sugar doesn't
> dissolve well in cold liquid, would artificial sweetener be
> sacreligious?

First, make a simple syrup. Use that instead of sugar.