Directions
Here is another variant of the classic Mojito, the Cranberry Mojito. The recipe is completely upset: the sour and pungent flavor of the American cranberry replaces the lime, adding a sharp note to the cocktail, which is less aromatic but more like a punch planter.
It is a variant to try if you are a rum lover, especially if you can find fresh cranberries (available in the fall, though).
But even with a good juice alone, the cocktail deserves at least a couple of glasses.
Indeed I recommend you prepare a sweet & sour with cranberries instead of lime/lemon to try as a variant when you are in the mood to create some new cocktails. But let’s go to the recipe.
Ingredients for Cranberry Mojito
- 4 Cl of Cuban white rum
- 3 Cl of cranberry juice
- 3 leaves of hierba buena or mint
- 2 tablespoons of refined white cane sugar
- ice
- soda
How to make cranberry Mojito
If they are in season, buy fresh cranberries, blend them and then pass them through a colander. Otherwise, let’s be satisfied with the prepackaged juice.
Put the mint leaves in a tumbler, add the sugar and the cranberry juice and pound gently.
Pour in the rum, fill with ice and top up with soda.
Food pairings
Grilled cheese sandwich; parmigiana ravioli, spaghetti with clams, chicken tikka masala, Chicken Cacciatore, Vitello Tonnato, truffle risotto, pasta alla carbonara, paella mixta.
Rum cocktails you should try.
Mojito, Zombie, Mai Tai, Daiquiri, Painkiller, Dark and Stormy, Canchanchara, Pina Colada, Cuba Libre, Basito, Hurricane.
