It is unlikely that you will find at least one person who does not know what the cool Cuban drink mojito is, because it tops the list of alcoholic menus of any self-respecting bar or restaurant.
In winter, fresh berries can be replaced with frozen fruits or suitable syrup or juice. This cocktail will easily become a hit at any party and will undoubtedly appeal to ladies who traditionally prefer sweetish, weak alcohol.
Cooking time: 6-9 minutes.
Number of servings: one.
Kitchenware:
- paper towel;
- cocktail spoon;
- bar pestle-pustle (muddler);
- a tall glass with thick walls;
- two straws.
Step-by-step preparation
- Thoroughly wash 2-3 sprigs of fresh mint and dry them by placing them on paper towels.
- We tear off the leaves, leaving a few leaves on the top of one of the branches - it will be used for decoration.
- Place fresh mint leaves in a tall glass with thick walls.
- Cut half a juicy lime into small wedges and place on top of the mint.
- We also send 4-6 washed and dried strawberries there.
- Thoroughly grind the resulting mixture with a bar pestle to squeeze out as much juice as possible from the prepared ingredients.
- Pour the resulting mass into 135-145 g of crushed ice.
- Measure out 10-15 ml of strawberry syrup and pour on top of the ice.
- Add 45-55 ml of light rum there, and fill the remaining space with soda.
- Gently stir the resulting mixture using a cocktail spoon.
- If necessary, add crushed ice and garnish the drink with a sprig of fresh mint and a strawberry.
- Serve alcohol with two straws in case one gets clogged.
Alcoholic strawberry mojito recipe video
To better understand the process of making strawberry mojito, I recommend studying the proprietary recipe in the video. In the video, a professional bartender will prepare this drink before your eyes and share some nuances that will help prevent irreparable mistakes.
Basic truths
- I advise you to add a couple of fresh basil leaves to the cocktail and grind them together with mint. Basil will give the drink a pronounced spicy taste and aroma. The green variety of basil will add a softer taste, the purple variety will add a richer aroma.
If you don't have lime, you can replace it with lemon, but reduce the amount by half or add a little granulated sugar. Some professionals recommend squeezing the juice from citrus fruits, straining it and then adding it to the drink. The fact is that citrus zest, like white pulp, can give the cocktail an undesirable bitter taste.
- Instead of soda, Sprite or 7UP carbonated drink, which includes lime and lemon juice, is perfect.
- To make the cocktail look more solid, bright and appetizing, I advise you to increase the amount of strawberry syrup, and cut the fresh berries into four parts and add to the finished drink. In addition, this way you save large quantity valuable vitamins.
Non-alcoholic strawberry mojito recipe
Cooking time: 12-16 minutes.
Number of servings: one or two.
Kitchenware:
- measuring stick and kitchen scale;
- knife and cutting board;
- fine strainer or gauze;
- several different containers:
- masher;
- paper towel;
- beer mug with a volume of 1.5 liters;
- two straws.
List of required ingredients
Step-by-step preparation
- We peel 180-200 g of fresh strawberries from the tails, rinse thoroughly and dry the fruits on a paper towel.
- Wash the lemon, wipe it and cut it into two parts. Cut one of the halves into thin rings, and squeeze out the juice from the second. Pass the squeezed juice through a fine strainer or cheesecloth.
- Place the prepared strawberries in a bowl and place citrus rings on top of them.
- Add 18-20 g of sugar and squeezed lemon juice there.
- Thoroughly knead the prepared mass using a masher until it becomes mushy.
- We wash 3-4 sprigs of fresh mint, wipe them with a paper towel and tear off the leaves.
- Place the mint leaves in a bowl with the strawberry pulp and mash the mixture a little more with a masher.
- Place 10-13 ice cubes on the bottom of a beer mug and fill them with the prepared mixture.
- Fill the remaining space with Sprite or sparkling mineral water.
- Shake the mixture lightly and add ice if necessary.
- For decoration we use fresh strawberries, a slice of lemon and a couple of mint leaves.
- Serve a refreshing drink with two straws.
Non-alcoholic strawberry mojito recipe video
If you want to quickly learn how to prepare a refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail based on fresh strawberries, indispensable in the summer heat, I advise you to familiarize yourself with the basic recipe in the video. On it you can follow the sequence of preparing strawberry mojito at home.
Basic truths
- In winter, instead of fresh berries, frozen ones are also excellent. They need to be defrosted first, but not completely, and then act according to the recommendations in the recipe.
- In order to soft drink had a richer berry taste, grind the fresh fruits in a blender or mixer until you obtain a homogeneous puree.
- Cane brown sugar works best for this mix. It is lower in calories and not as harmful as regular sugar, since it contains little sucrose and a lot of glucose. In addition, the brown product will enrich the cocktail with pleasant subtle notes of lemon balm.
- Many cooks additionally add a ring of fresh ginger - grate it and chop it together with strawberries. In addition to its magnificent aroma and rich taste, it has a strong stimulating effect on the immune system and helps fight the onset of a cold. Therefore, the drink can be safely used as a medicinal elixir to fight colds.
- I recommend adding cubed ice to the drink, since crushed or crushed ice melts too quickly, cools the cocktail too much, and also dilutes and drowns out the rich berry flavor of the mojito too quickly.
Helpful information
- I suggest you familiarize yourself with the list of the best; perhaps you haven’t heard of some of them yet.
- At home, you can quickly and easily prepare it according to the signature recipes of professionals.
- For those who aren't fans alcoholic drinks, I advise you to look through a few basic recipes.
- Recently, more and more attention has been paid to the culture of drinking drinks in our country. I advise you to find out how to drink a mojito in order to experience all its taste qualities and recognize the aromatic bouquet as much as possible.
I hope that I have helped you diversify the cocktail menu for your holiday or summer party and that now none of them will be complete without a strawberry mojito. As you can see for yourself, there is absolutely nothing difficult in making this cocktail that even a child couldn’t handle.
Enjoy the taste and aroma of the strawberry drink and don’t forget to describe your impressions in the comments. If you have experience preparing other variations of this cocktail, then be sure to share it with me, thanks in advance for fresh ideas. Thank you all for your attention and have fun tasting!
What could be more pleasant on a hot summer day than a sip of a refreshing cocktail.
What could be more pleasant on a hot summer day than a sip of a refreshing cocktail. One of the most common summer cocktails is the mojito, which gained its popularity at the beginning of the last century thanks to the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway, who adored this refreshing drink.
Until now, the mojito remains the favorite cocktail of millions of people. True, since the time of Hemingway it has been supplemented with a lot of new recipes and various variations on the mojito theme using various berries and fruits. This is how the well-known version of the mint-rum drink appeared - the strawberry mojito.
The Strawberry Mojito is a wonderful twist on the classic mojito with an intriguing hint of ripe strawberries. It has a delicious berry taste and is easy to prepare at home. At the same time, a mojito can be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic, if rum is excluded from its composition.
To make the strawberry mojito
To make one serving of strawberry mojito you will need the following ingredients:
- 50 ml rum
- 150 ml sparkling water (Sprite works best)
- Half a lime
- 3-4 strawberries
- Fresh mint leaves
- 15 ml strawberry syrup
How to make a strawberry mojito
- Start by cutting the lime into large slices. and place them in a glass with a capacity of approximately 450 ml. Add strawberries and mint leaves without stems to the lime.
- Mash the entire contents of the glass thoroughly and crush it using a regular spoon or a special cocktail mortar. The main thing is not to overdo it, the result should not be puree, but rather large pieces.
- Now fill the glass finely crushed ice to about the middle. Pour rum and syrup into it, mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
- After this, add the remaining ice to the glass, almost to the very rim.
- Pour in tonic and garnish the glass with a sprig of mint and half a strawberry. That's it, your delicious and refreshing strawberry mojito is ready!
It is not known for certain why this cocktail became so popular, either due to the creations of Ernest Hemingway, or because of its truly amazingly aromatic and refreshing taste. But today it is one of the most beloved and ordered cocktails, especially in the warm season. And now it would be a sin not to take advantage of the moment and prepare its strawberry interpretation, a little sweeter and more aromatic.
How to make strawberry mojito at home - alcoholic recipe
This is a slightly modified recipe, but no less tasty and aromatic. This amount of ingredients is for one serving.
Ingredients:
- basil – 2 leaves;
- mint – 2 sprigs;
- strawberries – 90 g;
- lemon – ½ piece;
- sprite – 100 ml;
- – 30 ml;
- ice - 4 standard cubes.
Preparation
You can also use frozen strawberries for this mojito, because... we still puree it in a blender. We cut the lemon into slices, put it in a mortar or any bowl along with mint, basil and knead it thoroughly with a pestle, if you don’t have a pestle, using the end of a rolling pin. It is important that the herbs and lemon release their juice. Next, put this spicy mass into a glass and add strawberry puree. We put the ice in a towel or a thick bag and use the same rolling pin to turn it into crumbs. Fill the glass up to ¾, add rum and top up with Sprite, stir with a long-handled spoon, and decorate the glass with strawberries.
Strawberry Mojito - non-alcoholic cocktail recipe
There are situations when you can’t drink alcohol or you simply don’t want to strain your body with alcohol on a hot summer day. But don’t deny yourself the pleasure of drinking a refreshing delicious cocktail! This recipe is just for such a case.
Ingredients:
- mint – 4 sprigs;
- ginger – 1 cm;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- strawberries – 220 g;
- sparkling water – 250 ml;
- brown sugar – 50 g;
- ice crumbs.
Preparation
Peel the ginger and cut into rings. Wash the strawberries, peel them and cut them into quarters. Cut the lime into slices (you should get 8 slices), leave two for decoration, put the rest, together with mint, strawberries and sugar, in a bowl and grind everything thoroughly into a puree. Take tall glasses, lay out the prepared puree, throw in two ginger rings, fill with crushed ice and add sparkling water. Just choose your water carefully so that it is not mineral water with a salty taste. Mix everything carefully, place lime slices on the edges of the glasses and insert the straws.
The classic mojito cocktail, consisting of a mixture of lime, mint and soda, is familiar to everyone! This refreshing drink is especially popular in hot weather, as it perfectly quenches thirst due to its pleasant, unobtrusive taste with a slight sourness.
Previously, we already looked at how to prepare this wonderful cocktail at home (you can see the recipe). Today we offer some culinary improvisation - a non-alcoholic strawberry mojito. This cocktail differs from the original only by the addition of fresh berries, which will make the drink colorful and impressive, adding additional taste and summer aroma.
Ingredients per 1 serving: 
- lime - 1/2 pcs.;
- strawberries - 5-7 berries;
- mint - 5-6 sprigs;
- sprite - about 100 ml;
- strawberry syrup (optional) - 1 tbsp. spoon;
How to make a strawberry mojito cocktail at home
- We tear off the mint leaves from the stems and place them in the bottom of a deep glass.
- Divide half the lime into 4 wedges, squeeze the juice from each into a glass with mint. We also lower the green peels with the pulp remaining on them into the container with the future drink.
- After washing and removing all the stems, add the strawberries. We crush it with a pestle. You can make a mojito with whole berries, or mash some of the berries and leave some large - it’s a matter of taste!
- Fill the glass to the top with crushed ice. If you don’t have any special equipment for crushing ice at home, you can make do with improvised means - place ice cubes in plastic bag, cover with a kitchen towel, and then vigorously tap on top with a hammer to prepare the chops. As a result, we get crushed ice suitable for making cocktails.
- To enhance the strawberry flavor and aroma, add a tablespoon of strawberry syrup to the glass (you can skip this step if you wish). The final stage pour in the sprite. Stir the contents of the glass with a cocktail straw or spoon. Garnish the drink with a slice of strawberry and a sprig of mint and serve immediately.
Non-alcoholic strawberry mojito cocktail is ready! Enjoy a cooling drink with a pleasant sourness and seductive aroma!
One of the most recognizable cocktails with a worldwide reputation is the Mojito, there are so many recipes for it that everyone will find an option to suit their taste.
There are several versions of the appearance of Mojito. According to one of them, the predecessor of the drink appeared back in the 16th century, when pirates added mint and lime to rum to remove the bitterness from low-quality alcohol.
The traditional version of the Mojito alcoholic cocktail was invented in Cuba. either in 1930 or in 1940 (this fact remains controversial). Only the date and month are known for certain – May 25. Interestingly, local residents still annually celebrate a kind of birthday of the drink on the night of May 25th.
Classic alcoholic cocktail recipe Mojito
During its existence, the alcoholic cocktail Mojito has undergone various modifications. So, in some places, rum is replaced with any strong alcohol, regular white is used instead of cane sugar, Cuban mint is replaced with other varieties, lime is replaced with lemon, etc. But if you want to follow all the traditions, then you need to prepare the drink according to the classic recipe.
The correct composition of the Mojito cocktail
The alcoholic drink consists of the following ingredients:
- white rum (preferably Bacardi or Havana Club) – 40 – 50 ml;
- mint (leaves only) – 7 – 8 pcs.;
- refined sugar – 2 tsp;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- soda – 150 ml;
- crushed ice
Cooking steps:
- Cut the lime into 4 parts. Squeeze juice from 3.
- Place mint leaves, sugar, and lime juice in a tall glass (highball or Collins). Crush all this using a red-tipped bar spoon or mortar.
- Fill 2/3 of the container with ice.
- Pour in rum and soda water, stir gently using a straw.
- Garnish the drink with a lime wedge, ice and mint leaves.
Nuances of preparation, how to mix the ingredients correctly?
There are several tricks that will help you make a Mojito, as in the original recipe.
So, the cocktail is made using the “build” method, that is, it is literally built in the container in which it will be served.
Therefore, you do not need to use any special means to prepare the drink. The main thing is to choose a glass that is tall and as straight as possible. Martini glasses or any other glass that has a stem will not work. After all, to knead mint you need a stable flat bottom.
In a proper cocktail, the proportions of ingredients are 1:3.
Sugar, juice and mint take up the first third, ice the second, and alcohol and/or soda the last. And only in this sequence are all products mixed.
Another important fact is the selection of components. All products must be of high quality and fresh. It is advisable not to replace them with analogues, but to use traditional ones.
- So, you need to take rum white. Perhaps dark varieties may seem tastier, since they have a more pronounced coffee, caramel or chocolate flavor, but in a cocktail this will rather be a disadvantage than a pleasant addition.
- As for mint, you need to take only the most aromatic peppermint varieties. Its leaves contain essential oils, which when ground give the necessary taste and smell. There is no need to add the stem part, otherwise the drink will be bitter. By the way, the grass needs to be kneaded for 20 - 30 seconds, and not crushed. After all, particles that are too small will end up in your mouth or get clogged up in the tube.
- Soda can be replaced with plain sparkling water. But it’s better not to experiment with sweet drinks like Schweppes or Sprite. After all, a cocktail should be refreshing and slightly sour, and these types of soda contain too much sugar. The latter, by the way, can be used in any color.
- The next item is citrus fruits. It’s important to make a note here: lime is not lemon, it has a slightly different taste, so you shouldn’t replace it either.
- And the last important nuance is ice. It should be in the form of crumbs, not cubes or snow. Perfect option- use an icebreaker. If there is none, then to get the desired shape, just take a large piece of ice, wrap it in a towel or thick paper and break it with a hammer, bottle or rolling pin.
Grinding in a blender makes no sense, because the result will be a wet porridge, which is completely unsuitable for a cocktail. And, of course, if the ice is homemade, then when freezing water you should avoid the presence of strong-smelling products in the freezer, since it absorbs all foreign odors.
Making a non-alcoholic cocktail
A non-alcoholic Mojito is mixed in the same way as an alcoholic one, with the exception of rum.
You only need 5 ingredients:
- mint;
- lime juice;
- sugar;
- soda;
Place 4 - 5 green leaves on the bottom of the glass (if desired, it can be replaced with sage or basil), add 2 tsp. sugar and add about 30 - 40 ml of lime juice. Grind the ingredients to create a classic menthol flavor. After this, fill the glass to the top with crushed ice and fill it with sparkling water. Serve immediately after cooking, garnishing the glass with a lime wedge.
Strawberry Mojito at home
Components:
- soda – 150 ml;
- mint leaves – 6 – 7 pcs.;
- sweet strawberries – 4 – 5 pcs.;
- rum – 40 ml;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- juice of half a lime.
Preparation:
- Crush the mint a little along with sugar and juice.
- Peel the strawberries from the stems, cut into thin slices and place on the bottom.
- Carefully add ice.
- Pour in the rum, stir, pour in the soda and stir gently again.
- Serve the finished drink with a piece of strawberry in the glass and a sprig of mint. If the cocktail seems sour, you can add a little strawberry liqueur or strawberry puree with sugar.
Recipe with oranges
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- orange – 1 pc.;
- rum – 100 ml;
- mint - a large bunch;
- sugar – 3 – 4 tsp;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- soda – 300 ml;
Preparation:
- Cut the orange and lime into several slices. Place some in glasses and leave a couple for decoration.
- Add sugar, add mint and mash until enough juice is released.
- Place everything in a shaker, add ice, alcohol and soda.
- Mix the components for 10 s.
- Pour into glasses and top with citrus slices.
How to make a drink with raspberries
Ingredients:
- pineapple (fresh or canned) – 50 g;
- pineapple juice – 40 ml;
- rum – 80 ml;
- Triple Sec liqueur – 40 ml;
- lime – 1 pc.;
- mint leaves – 8 pcs.;
- crushed ice
Preparation:
- Cut the lime into wheels.
- Lightly mash the pineapple pieces, sugar and mint in a glass.
- Place all ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously a couple of times.
- Pour the finished drink into a glass. Add more ice if desired.
How to beautifully serve a Mojito cocktail
The simplest decoration is additional accessories to the drink. Tubes are suitable for these purposes. different colors, sizes or shapes, umbrellas, skewers with strung fruits and berries. Don’t forget about unusual coasters for glasses, which can serve as part of the composition.
You can decorate the glass itself using edible elements:
- a bunch of mint leaves;
- slices of lime, lemon, orange;
- cocktail cherry;
- whole or chopped strawberries, raspberries, blackberries;
- lemon (orange) peel cut with a serpentine;
- unpeeled pieces of tropical fruit, such as pineapple with part of the tail and peel.
A sugar rim looks very impressive in cocktails. To do this, the edges of the glass must be moistened with water. After this, the glass is turned over and placed on a board with scattered granulated sugar and scroll a little. By the way, you can use orange or strawberry juice instead of plain water. Then the outline will be colored.
And to add some flavor to the cocktail itself, you need to use a little trick. To give a more saturated green tint, you can add a little Green Mint syrup. If you want to experiment with the palette and get a bright red or blue colors, then Grenadine and Blue Curacao syrups are suitable.