Strawberry Mojito

This strawberry mojito is made with fresh Florida strawberries, mint leaves, limes, sugar, white rum and ice. It's perfect hot weather days and it makes a delicious cocktail.

Course Drinks

Cuisine Caribbean

Keyword strawberry mojito

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings serving

Calories 307kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

1 muddler

Ingredients

Strawberry Syrup

32 ozs strawberries
2 cups sugar
4 cups water

Strawberry Mojito

3-4 strawberries add more for garnish as desired
1 lime
1.5 ozs white rum can increase up to 2 ounces for a stronger drink or if you're making a bigger serving.
2 ozs strawberry syrup
3-4 mint leaves add more for garnish as desired
ice as needed
sparkling water or lemon Schweppes

Instructions

Strawberry Syrup

Clean the strawberries, remove the stem, slice them in quarters and add them to a pot. Add 4 cups water and 2 cups of sugar. Set to boil, lower heat to simmer and after 15 minutes turn heat off.
Strain when cool and bottle the syrup in a sterilized bottle. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks and use as needed in mojitos, lemonades and refreshers.

Strawberry Mojito

Muddle slices of fresh strawberries, lime wedges in a cocktail mixer or directly in a tall glass. Add strawberry syrup and muddle to mix.
Add white rum than fill the cup almost to ¾ with ice. Top off with sparkling water or a lemon lime soda of your choice.
Garnish as desired with more mint leaves and strawberries. Cheers:).

Notes

Strawberry mojito or mojito de fresas in Spanish is a common cocktail here in Miami. I love making it with fresh, ripe Florida Strawberries especially when they are in season.
I love to prepare the strawberry syrup ahead of time and keep it for 2 weeks in the refrigerator, that way I can make mojitos, lemonades or any other refreshers with strawberry syrup when needed.
Adjust the sweetness of the syrup to your taste. Please keep in mind that it usually requires 4 cups of sugar for that amount of strawberries / water, but I only use 2 cups because I don't want the syrup to be too sweet. This is just a personal preference so feel free to adjust to your taste.
Assuming you already have the syrup ready, it takes less than 5 minutes to make a mojito.
Enjoy responsibly:). Salud / Cheers!

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