Strawberry mojito cocktails
Easy strawberry mojito recipe, this refreshing Latin cocktail is made with fresh strawberries, lime juice, sugar cane juice or sugar, mint leaves, sparkling water, and rum.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb of strawberries (washed and stems removed)
- ½ cup fresh lime juice (from 4-5 limes)
- 1 cup sugar cane juice (guarapo - or ½ cup simple syrup, adjust to taste)
- 4 to 8 ounces of mint leaves with stems (depending on how minty you want your mojitos)
- ~2 cups of chilled sparkling water or club soda (adjust more or less based on your preference)
- 1 to 1 ½ cups of rum (or strawberry infused rum, adjust to taste)
- Ice
- Strawberry slices
- Lime slices
- Mint leaves
- Sugar to decorate rims (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Place the strawberries, fresh lime juice, sugar cane juice (or simple syrup/other sweetener), and a few mint leaves in a blender or food processor. Blend until you have a smooth puree. You should have about 3 ½ to 4 cups of this pureed strawberry mix.
- 2
To make a full batch of mojitos in a large pitcher, muddle most of the remaining mint stems/leaves (save a few for garnishing), then add the strawberry puree and the rum. For the rum, I recommend starting with a lower amount and then adjusting as you taste the final drink.
- 3
Next add ice and the sparkling water, mix well. Taste and add more rum – or sparkling water/simple syrup.
- 4
Garnish with the rest of the mint leaves, strawberry slices, and lime slices.
- 5
To make a mocktail version or what I call the “everyone adds rum/alcohol to their taste” variation follow the same steps without adding the rum, and let each person mix in the amount or type of rum/alcohol they do (or don’t) want to add.
- 6
To serve in individual glasses, moisten the rims with a slice of lime and garnish the rims with the regular sugar, a cocktail flavored rimming sugar, or cookie sugar sprinkles. You can add ice cubes, mint leaves, strawberry slices, and limes slices to the individual glasses.