Sweet Cherry Mojitos
Serves | 8 |
Prep time | 10 minutes |
Cook time | 10 minutes |
Total time | 20 minutes |
Website | Slightly adapted from the blog Eat, Live Run |
Ingredients
Cherry Syrup
- 1lb sweet cherries (pitted and roughly chopped)
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Per Mojito
- 10 mint leaves
- ½lime
- 1/4 cup cherry syrup
- 2oz light rum
- ice and sparkling water to fill glass
Directions
1. | In a sauce pan over medium high heat, bring water and sugar to a boil until sugar dissolves. Pour into a bowl over chopped cherries. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours. |
2. | For assembly, cut ½ lime in to 2 or 3 wedges. Add lime wedges, mint leaves and cherry syrup to a glass and muddle them to release all of the juice from the limes and to breakdown the mint and cherries. Use whatever you have to do the muddling; I used the handle of a wooden spoon. |
3. | Fill the jar almost to the top with ice, pour rum over ice and fill glass with sparking water. |
4. | Garnish with additional mint and lime. |