New York Metro Recipes

Foods of Summer: Southern Comforts (May, 1999)


  Mojito

The Chef
THE BARTENDERS of Vandam (closed)

Servings
Serves one.

Ingredients
1/2 cup loosely packed mint leaves
1 tablespoon instant-dissolving sugar
2 ounces Bacardi Lim�n rum
Club soda
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce Gosling's Black Seal rum
Garnish: lime wedge and mint sprig

Mixing Instructions
Place 1/2 cup mint in a highball glass with sugar and muddle quickly together, taking care not to smash the leaves. Fill glass with ice cubes, add the Lim�n rum, fill glass two thirds full with club soda, and add lime juice and black rum. Stir quickly and garnish with a lime wedge and a min