2 years ago, we went to Montpellier, in the south of France, for a weekend. Unfortunately, even if it was right in the middle of August, it turned out to be a record breaking weekend of floods. So instead of visiting this gorgeous city, we mostly ended up in bars, sheltering from the rain. We eventually went to the Place Jean Jaurès, a popular place filled with busy cafés & restaurants. There, we tried our first Mango Mojito, and immediately ordered two more ! They were delicious !
We wanted to introduce drink & cocktail recipes in this blog, and for our first post, we decided to make a personal favorite of ours.
It's a very interesting twist on a classic cocktail. The mint & mango association might sound strange but is actually very refreshing and complementary. If you want to go traditional, Mojitos are usually served in a Collins glass. Here, we'll be serving them in Gibraltar glasses (more goodness by glass).
 ~ 10 minutes |
 none |
 1 cocktail |
Ingredients
For the Mango Mojito :
1/2 organic lime
1 teaspoon of sugar
6 fresh mint leaves
35 milliliters of white rum ( ~ 1 shot )
Crushed ice
Soda water
Mango nectar
Decoration (optional) :
1 lemon slice
1 mint leave
Glassware :
Collins glass
or
Large Gibraltar glass
Make the cocktail
>> Wash your lime (even organic), cut it in half and then cut one half in two. Reserve one half for decoration.
>> Squeeze two quarters of lime juice in your glass and place them in your glass.
>> Add the teaspoon of sugar.
>> Grab your fresh mint leaves in one of your hand palm, and slap them firmly once or twice with your other hand to liberate the full flavour of the mint. Be careful not to completely destroy the leaves, this is not the point.
>> Place the mint in your glass.
>> Add the equivalent of 1 shot (35 ml) of white rum to your glass, and with the back of a wooden spoon, lightly squash the mixture until the sugar start dissolving. Here again, do not destroy the mint, or you will end up with bits of it in your mouth while you drink.
>> Fill your glass with crushed ice to the top.
>> Add the soda water, halfway up the glass.
>> Fill the remainder of your glass with the Mango nectar.
>> Finish by carefully mixing your cocktail.
Decoration
>> Squeeze two quarters of lime juice in your glass and place them in your glass.
>> Add the teaspoon of sugar.
>> Grab your fresh mint leaves in one of your hand palm, and slap them firmly once or twice with your other hand to liberate the full flavour of the mint. Be careful not to completely destroy the leaves, this is not the point.
>> Place the mint in your glass.
>> Add the equivalent of 1 shot (35 ml) of white rum to your glass, and with the back of a wooden spoon, lightly squash the mixture until the sugar start dissolving. Here again, do not destroy the mint, or you will end up with bits of it in your mouth while you drink.
>> Fill your glass with crushed ice to the top.
>> Add the soda water, halfway up the glass.
>> Fill the remainder of your glass with the Mango nectar.
>> Finish by carefully mixing your cocktail.
Decoration
>> Grab your other half lime, and slice it thinly as shown in the pictures above.
>> Add the prettiest mint leaves right beside your lime, and serve with a straw.
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