Latin American Recipe · Mojito Perfecto

Trial and error pay off! Time-consuming, but so worth it.

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
• ½ cup carbonated water, or as needed

Cooking 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories139.4
• carbohydrateContent11.9 g
• fatContent0.1 g
• fiberContent0.9 g
• proteinContent0.2 g
• sodiumContent3 mg
• sugarContent8.9 g