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Pineapple Mojito

Pineapple and rum are frequently paired together. Think of the popular Caribbean rum drink, Bahama Mama, or a Painkiller, or perhaps a Caribbean Rum Punch. The combination of pineapple and a good rum make for a decidedly tropical tasting beverage.

We’ve always been fans of a good Perfect Mojito, and have been known to post a mojito variation or two (check out this Pear Mojito, Mango Mojito or Zesty Orange Mojito), so it was only natural to try a Pineapple Mojito. It took a try or two to figure out the best combination, but we think you’ll enjoy this recipe. Cheers!

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Pineapple Mojito

Servings: 1

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Add mint, brown sugar and lime juice to a tall glass and gently muddle to release the mint.
  • Add the rum and pineapple juice and gently stir.
  • Add ice, then top off with club soda.
  • Garnish with chunks of pineapple.

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Raspberry Mojito

Summertime is fresh fruit and berry time and today’s Mojito is made from one of my favorite berries – the raspberry. I tried it several ways, including using mint and raspberry infused simple syrup, but the following recipe makes such a tasty and refreshing cocktail that I had to choose this one to post!

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Raspberry Mojito

Fresh and tasty, made with raspberries!
Course: Drinks
Servings: 1

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Muddle the sugar and raspberries until pureed. Add mint leaves and gently muddle until the flavor is released. 
  • Add the lime, rum and ice and then fill to the top with club soda. Gently stir.
  • Garnish with lime wheels, mint and a couple of raspberries.

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Dirty Mojito

Dirty up your mojito by using a gold rum instead of a white and changing the simple syrup or white sugar to raw sugar or demerara sugar. Tonight we’re gettin’ dirty and making mojitos that look a little darker and taste just a little rummier. Mmmm… love Mojito Monday’s!

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Dirty Mojito

Dirty up your mojito by using a gold rum instead of a white and changing the simple syrup or white sugar to raw sugar or demerara sugar.
Course: Drinks
Servings: 1
Author: Rum Therapy

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Muddle lime, sugar, mint in the bottom of a tall glass.
  • Add the rum and then top it with crushed ice.
  • Fill the remainder of the glass with club soda, stir gently and garish with lime and mint.

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The Perfect Mojito

What makes a perfect mojito? When you look on the web, there’s more mojito recipes than you can shake a muddler at.  So what is it? The type of rum used? The amount of mint? The setting?

I had my first mojito in an airport. I know – odd place, but it was in the Miami airport on a layover for a flight to the Caribbean. We were in the mood to get the Caribbean party started and walked past a Bacardi kiosk with a very long line of people waiting for the only drink they were fixing…a mojito. We thought with that long of line the tropical concoction must be good, so we pulled up and eagerly waited to give a mojito a try.

We watched as the bartenders meticulously muddled the mint and lime, added simple syrup and the rum, poured it into a tall glass, added a little club soda and garnished with a stick of sugarcane. After shelling out $12.00 for each drink, we grabbed ours and eagerly took our first whiff. Ahhh…so minty and fresh smelling. After one sip, we were hooked and ended up purchasing an additional one or two before heading for our flight.

We’ve tried many recipes for mojitos since that first taste of one in the airport and truthfully, many are really good. But for some reason, the taste of that first mojito is the one that will always be our favorite and reminds us every time of the excitement we feel when heading south for vacation and a little Rum Therapy…

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The Perfect Mojito

The taste of a good mojito reminds us every time of the excitement we feel when heading south for vacation and a little Rum Therapy…

Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 oz. white, light or silver rum (We like to use Bacardi Superior for our mojitos)
  • club soda
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 1/2 lime
  • 2 tbsp simple syrup

Instructions

  • Muddle 12 fresh mint leaves and 1/2 a lime in a tall glass.
  • Cover with 2 tbsp. of simple syrup and top with ice.
  • Add rum and top with club soda.
  • Stir well and garnish with a lime wedge and sprig of mint (and a stick of sugarcane if you can find it!)

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Cruzan Strawberry Rum

Cruzan Rum recently announced the launch of their newest spirit, Cruzan Strawberry. It’s the 11th spirit in their family of flavored rums, and the recipe is crafted with a touch of ginger to give a unique spin to the strawberry taste. Here are some other details:

Tasting Notes and Aroma:
•       Taste – Ripe, wild strawberry coupled with subtle ginger root
•       Aroma – Fresh and juicy strawberry
•       Finish – Smooth with a light spiced ginger finish

After reading this press release from the folks at Cruzan Rum, we’d been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new Strawberry Rum. We’re recent fans of Cruzan Rums since our Cruzan Rum Factory Tour in St. Croix in February, and have enjoyed using the Cruzan flavored rums in many boat and beach drinks such as the Cruzan Confusion! Last week, we were lucky enough to find a bottle of the newly released Cruzan Strawberry Rum after visiting nearly every liquor store in our area. 

After scoring the desired bottle, we asked our Facebook friends for recipe suggestions. In addition to some excellent suggestions from our readers, Cruzan Rum Representative, Justine, also kindly volunteered a few recipe ideas. We asked a couple of friends if they would assist us in some Strawberry Rum recipe testing this weekend, and with minimal (no) arm twisting, they obliged!

We picked two recipes to start with and began to assemble the necessary ingredients.

First on the agenda was a Strawberry Mojito using the recipe from Cruzan Rum. The recipe called for Cruzan Strawberry Rum, sugar, mint leaves, juice of half a lime, and club soda. We muddled the sugar, mint, lime juice and a splash of club soda.

 We then added the rum (note the exceptional choice of shot glass!),


Then poured it over ice in a tall glass and garnished with lime and strawberry.

After a little sampling and tweaking, this is the version of the recipe that we liked best.

Strawberry Mojito
(makes two)

3 to 3.5 oz. Cruzan Strawberry Rum
2 tsp. sugar
4 mint leaves
Juice of half a lime
6 oz. plus a splash of club soda

Muddle the mint leaves, sugar, lime juice and a splash of club soda. Add the remaining club soda and stir. Pour into a tall glass over ice. Garnish with a slice of lime and a strawberry.

It seems easy to overpower the taste of the strawberry with too much mint, so we initially tried 8 leaves then reduced the amount to 4 leaves per serving. The overwhelming consensus of all 4 taste testers was that the Cruzan Strawberry Mojito was crisp, light and very refreshing – an excellent summer beverage!

To make a Skinny Strawberry Mojito: Substitute 1/2 – 1 packet (.5 – 1 gram) Stevia for the sugar and/or Sprite Zero for the club soda. Tweak the amounts until the taste is just as you like it!

Stay tuned – more Cruzan Strawberry Rum Recipes (Part 2) in tommorow’s post!

photos: Pamela Ott