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Wild Berry Mojito

Prep time
5 minutes PT5M
Cook time
PT0
Yield
Difficulty
1 out of 5 on the difficulty scale
Nugget Markets signature recipes

Red, white, blue and delicious describe this patriotic drink. Raise your glass in memory of those who’ve helped defend the red, white and blue.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. Bacardi Superior Rum
  • 1 oz. simple syrup
  • 6 fresh strawberry halves
  • 6 blueberries
  • 6 large mint leaves
  • chilled club soda

Preparation

Muddle berries, and mint leaves in the bottom of a highball glass; add crushed ice, rum and simple syrup; stir with a cocktail spoon; top with chilled club soda.

Garnish with a fresh berry on a cocktail pick and a mint sprig.

Techniques used in this recipe:

muddle

muddle, v.: to combine ingredients, usually in the bottom of a mixing glass, by pressing them together with a muddler before the majority of liquid ingredients are added.

Examples of when this method is applied:

For a mojito sugar, fresh mint leaves and club soda are muddled.

Limes are often muddled with sugar syrup or other fruit as in a Caipirnha and Bésame.

You muddle a sugar cube and bitters in cocktails such as Sazarac and Old-Fashioned.