Mojito Perfecto
World Cuisine Latin American Caribbean
Trial and error pay off! Time-consuming, but so worth it.
Servings per recipe: 2
Calories per serving: 139
Preparation time: 5m
Total cooking time: 5m
Ingredients:
- 6 mint leaves
- 4 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges
- 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers lemon-flavored rum
- 1 cup ice cubes, or as needed
- 1/2 cup carbonated water, or as needed
Directions:
- 1 Put 3 mint leaves and 2 teaspoons sugar into each of 2 glass tumblers; vigorously stir sugar and mint together, crushing mint with the back of a spoon to release oils. Add 3 lime wedges to each glass; again stir vigorously to release some lime juice. Pour 1 jigger rum into each glass. Fill glasses with ice cubes and top with carbonated water; stir.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 0.1g | |
| Saturated Fat | 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | |
| Sodium | 7mg | |
| Potassium | 37mg | 1% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 11.9g | 4% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.9g | 4% |
| Protein | 0.2g | |
| Sugars | 9g | |
| Vitamin A | 19IU | |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | |
| Calcium | 17mg | |
| Iron | 0mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 0mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 4mg | |
| Folate | 3mcg |
