"Bacardi mojito" - how to cook, drink, enjoy

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

The culture of drinking alcoholic beverages dates back more than one millennium. With the development of culinary art, each nation has developed its own traditions of drinking alcohol. Some liquids containing degrees are taken in "pure form" - beer, wine. Others, on the contrary, are mixed with additional ingredients, often getting a completely original product. We will talk about such mixtures in our article.

What is a cocktail anyway

For exotic lovers, the name “Bacardi Mojito” causes a dreamy expression and a knowing smile on their faces: “Yes, yes, they drank, of course. Great!" And let us explain to the uninitiated: this is a cocktail, and one of the oldest in the world. The original recipe was invented around the end of the 19th century, in the 60s. Since then, "Bacardi Mojito" has confidently walked across countries and continents and is a must in the assortment of any self-respecting bar, cafe, restaurant, club. By the way, two words about what a cocktail is in general. This is a mixture of several liquids (from 2 to 5, no more), to which s alt, sugar, spices, pieces of fruit are added in small amounts.or berries, beaters. The composition of the drink can be very different. Their obligatory component is ice. Naturally, Bacardi mojito cannot do without this ingredient. Experienced bartenders say that the quality of ice can hopelessly spoil any, even the most noble drink. Therefore, it is best if the treasured cubes are made from water that has undergone weak mineralization. Of course, the usual one is also suitable, but well-cleaned - after all, the ice should be without any taste impurities, smell and completely transparent. But back to our Bacardi Mojito.

Celebrity drink

This is how the drink, whose birthplace is Liberty Island, Cuba, has long been called. In the 1920s, when prohibition reigned in America, smuggled Bacardi Mojitos made many merchants millionaires. He was adored by the great Hemingway, considering it more invigorating and inspiring than coffee. Marlene Dietrich drank a cocktail with inimitable chic, and many ladies of that time adopted the fashion for it. This is not surprising, because a misted glass gives a very special feeling. As the poets flamboyantly expressed it, the classic Bacardi Mojito is a combination of ice and flame, hot passion, inspiration of love and a flood of taste. When you feel it on the tongue, the imagination draws a green island, a pink-blue sunset sky, the sound of the surf and a golden sun bathing in the ocean. The composition of the cocktail includes, as a rule, white Bacardi rum (40 g), freshly squeezed lime juice (30 g), a few leaves of ordinary mint (fresh or dried), a little sugar (1.5-2 teaspoons). Everything is diluted with soda water. And ice, of course! This is the traditional Bacardi Mojito. The composition of the drink, however, may be somewhat different. For example, instead of pure sugar, sugar syrup is poured in - about 15-20 g. Cocktail lovers know that since 2010, a line of ready-made, factory-made products under the same name has appeared on sale.

Cooking creativity

If you come across a bottle of Bacardi Mojito, how to drink it to enjoy the fullness and brightness of taste? Add just 2 components. In a porcelain cup, crush half a lime cut into slices and 5-6 sprigs of mint into gruel. Transfer to a shaker, where pour 70 g of drink from the bottle. You can sweeten it up a little if you like. Then fill the rest of the container with ice, shake well so that all the ingredients are mixed until smooth. Then pour into glasses with some ice in each. Garnish with lime wedges and mint leaves. Citrus-herbal "mashed potatoes" will be needed only for those who want to achieve more saturation and expressiveness from the drink. Lovers of a mild taste will be quite satisfied ready-made and can limit themselves to mint and lime for decoration.

Cocktail Fantasy

And finally, if you decide to start from scratch and do everything yourself, buy a bottle of Bacardi light rum (Superior or Carta Blanca varieties). Pour 2 tablespoons into the shaker.

Separately carefully squeeze half a lime and also send it to the shaker. Then a teaspoongrenadine, some mint, mineral soda and ice. Stir, strain, pour into cocktail glasses. Put ice cubes in them. Decorate and serve. Have a great mood with mojito!