Description
Celebrate in style with this festive Red, White and Blue Mojito! Layers of fresh berries, mint, and citrus flavors make this cocktail a patriotic showstopper for any occasion.
Ingredients
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Red Layer:
- 1/2 ounce lime juice fresh-squeezed
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 6–8 leaves fresh mint
- 2 small strawberries sliced
- 2 raspberries
- 1 ounce light rum
- For garnish: additional berries and mint leaves
Blue Layer:
- 1/2 ounce lime juice fresh-squeezed
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 6–8 leaves fresh mint
- 4 blueberries
- 2 blackberries
- 1 ounce light rum
- For garnish: additional berries and mint leaves
Instructions
- Red layer: In a cocktail shaker or mixing glass, combine 1/2 ounce lime juice, 1/2 ounce simple syrup, mint leaves, strawberries, and raspberries. Muddle the ingredients to release flavors. Add 1 ounce rum, stir, and pour into a glass over ice. Garnish with more berries and mint.
- Blue layer: In another shaker, repeat the process with blueberries, blackberries, lime juice, simple syrup, mint, and rum. Pour over the red layer in the glass. Top with club soda and garnish. Serve chilled.
Notes
- You can use granulated sugar instead of simple syrup.
- For a simpler version, use mint simple syrup and muddle all berries together.
- For a non-alcoholic version, substitute with a zero-proof spirit or omit the rum and increase club soda.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 10mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
