Strawberry mojito recipe and non-alcoholic cocktail

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Mojito is a delicious alcoholic cocktail made from rum with mint and sugar syrup. You can find this drink on the menu of bars and restaurants around the world. Its recipe is quite simple, the main thing is to choose high-quality alcohol and have a shaker for mixing. Of course, like many similar mixes, it has several varieties, and today we will diversify the usual way of preparing it: you will find a truly summer strawberry mojito recipe in our article. It is not necessary to use fresh berries, the desired taste can be achieved by adding the desired syrup or juice. This drink will certainly become a hit of your party and will especially appeal to ladies who traditionally prefer sweet taste and weak cocktails. Read on to learn how to make a strawberry mojito the right way. Most importantly, remember that drinking too much alcohol can harm your he alth. Also, for those who are on a diet or care about the calorie content of their diet, it is useful to know thatone serving of the drink contains 218 kcal, with most of them coming from carbohydrates.

Detailed Strawberry Mojito Recipe

For one serving you will need:

- 10-12 fresh mint leaves to lightly knead with your hands;

- half a fresh lime, cut into 4 small pieces;

- 45 ml light rum, preferably Bacardi, although any other will do;

- 15 ml of sugar syrup;

- 15 grams (about 1 tablespoon) strawberry puree;- soda or mineral water with gas, schweppes, sprite or any other white soda.

Knead the mint leaves with your hands, squeeze lime juice into a large glass half or one third filled with ice. In a shaker, mix rum and sugar syrup, pour into a glass. Next, add strawberry puree to the same place and add the selected soda to the edge of the glass. At the end, the cocktail should be stirred with a stick and served, garnished with a slice of lime. Ready! By the way, instead of mashed potatoes, you can add concentrated juice or syrup. This strawberry mojito recipe can be used to make a similar fruit smoothie: add, for example, peach puree, raspberries, red Sicilian orange juice and pulp, or any fruit that you have in the refrigerator. All you have to do is show your imagination.

Strawberry Mojito Non-Alcoholic Cocktail

If for some reason you do not drink alcohol, or at a children's party or birthday you want to diversifyusual juices and drinks, try to prepare a non-alcoholic version of the mix. For it you will need:

- 200 grams of fresh strawberries;

- 10-12 fresh mint leaves;

- 1 lime;

- 1 tablespoon of sugar, brown is best;

- half a liter of soda or mineral water or other light soda;- ice.

First, wash and peel the strawberries, and then use a blender or pestle to puree them. In the bowl you choose to mix the drink, squeeze the juice from the lime, add sugar and put the mint leaves, which you need to knead with your hands before. Then add berry puree, ice and selected soda. So simply and quickly, using the strawberry mojito recipe (its alcoholic or non-alcoholic version), you will diversify the drink menu at your holiday or summer party.