Mojito is a traditional Cuban highball consisting of white rum, sugar, lime juice, sparkling water, and mint. A mojito which does not have alcohol in it is a‘virgin mojito’and is categorized as a mocktail. Mocktails are those drinks which can be consumed by everyone who wants to relish flavorful drinks without adding alcohol to it.
This Lychee Mojito is just that subtle , sweet something you always wanted to linger over on a warm summer evening.Simply add some ice cubes , garnish with a lemon slice and few mint leaves and you are ready to beat the heat with a glass of refreshing virgin Lychee Mojito. You can use fresh lychees and muddle them with the limes or lychee juice also.
Summary
Ingredients
1 tbsp Lemon juice
6 to 7 Mint leaves
3 tbsp Sugar syrup
1 cup lychee puree + some for garnishing
Crushed Ice
lemon slices and few mint leaves for garnishing
Let’s Learn how to make this Lychee Mojito:
Steps
- Prepare sugar syrup by heating 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar in 1/4 cup water on low to medium flame. Let the sugar dissolve completely. Allow to simmer for a little less than half a minute. Turn off the flame and bring the sugar syrup to room temperature.
- Peel the Lychees and deseed them. In a blender make a puree of the lychees.
- Take two serving glass, add 2-3 fresh mint leaves, a tbsp of sugar syrup and a little more than a tbsp of lemon juice. Use a spoon to gently crush or bruise the mint leaves.
- Pour the lychee puree in it. Add 1 to 2 whole unseeded lychees in it and slowly pour chilled water into the glass till it almost reaches the brim and stir to mix.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon, a small sprig of mint leaves and add 2 to 3 ice cubes in each glass and serve.
- In place of chilled water you can also add chilled soda water for all that extra fizz.
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