Mojito Makeover

  3.2 – 5 reviews  • Rum Recipes
Level: Easy
Total: 20 min
Active: 10 min
Yield: 1 drink

Ingredients

  1. 1 1/2 ounces Demerara Sugar Syrup, recipe follows
  2. 1 ounce fresh lime juice, plus 1 lime wedge, for garnish
  3. 1 ounce light rum
  4. 1/2 ounce aged rum, such as Zacapa 23
  5. 5 large fresh mint leaves, plus 1 sprig, for garnish
  6. 1 cup demerara sugar

Instructions

  1. Add the Demerara Sugar Syrup, lime juice, light rum, aged rum and mint leaves to a mixing glass. Heavily muddle the mint leaves, add large ice and shake vigorously in a cocktail shaker. Taste for balance, double-strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a mint sprig and lime wedge.
  2. Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Keep covered in the refrigerator up to 1 month.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 1 servings
Calories 665
Total Fat 0 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Carbohydrates 147 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 141 g
Protein 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 46 mg

Reviews

Aaron Smith
Very yummy!
Bryan Turner
Be careful making this drink. It’s very addicting. Love it
Danielle Contreras
So you gave it one star b/c of the proof? How odd. We rate on the taste of the recipe, not the quality of the ingredients.  I made the recipe with the rum I had on-hand. I cut the demerrera to 1-oz. , used lemon mint (what I had on-hand).  I put in a glass with a cocktail cube and found it very tasty and refreshing.
Elizabeth Greene
GZ was joking, as he usually does. 
Jim Harris
Geoffrey Zakarian did a mojito makeover with “300-proof” rum.  The highest possible ‘proof’ is 200 which is pure alcohol.  It is not possible to have 300-proof rum.

 

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