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Strawberry Mojito
This mojito has strawberry as main ingredient, rich in vitamin C and very refreshing.
Ingredients:
3 or 4 large strawberries
Crushed ice
10 millilitres white rum
Some mint leaves
Juice of 1 lime
2 tablespoons brown sugar
50 millilitres soda or sparkling water
50 millilitres lemon soda
Elaboration:
Put crushed ice in a cocktail glass.
Liquefy the strawberries in a blender with sugar and lime juice. Pour the liquid into the cocktail glass.
Clean the mint leaves and place them in the glass.
Pour the white rum in the glass, followed by lemon soda and sparkling water or soda.
Garnish with some mint leaves. For the edge of the glass, use slices of strawberry and lime and don’t forget the straw.
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Appletini
The appletini is elaborated in various ways. Some people prefer to use apple sauce while others use apple liqueur. The secret of its colour is to use some lemon juice to prevent apple to oxidate quickly.
Ingredients:
45 millilitres vodka
29 millilitres green apple liqueur
7 millilitres lemon juice
Elaboration:
Place all the ingredients in a shaker.
Add some crushed ice.
Shake and serve in a chilled Martini glass.
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Gin Fizz
The Gin Fizz’s main ingredient is gin and it was created in the United States.
Ingredients:
3 parts gin
2 parts lemon juice
1 part simple syrup or 2 teaspoons sugar.
3 parts sparkling water
Crushed ice
Elaboration:
Put gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker.
Shake and serve in a tall glass with crushed ice.
Fill with sparkling water and serve chilled.
You can use a glass to mix instead of the shaker; in this case mix the ingredients with a spoon.