Strawberry-lemon Mojitos

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 lemon wedges
• 4 strawberries
• 2 halved strawberries (to garnish)
• 24 mint leaves
• 4 mint sprigs (to garnish)
• ice cube
• crushed ice
• 8 ounces golden rum
• 3 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 2 ounces sugar syrup

Recipe

• 1 sugar syrup: stir 1/2 cup. of superfine sugar into 1/2 cup water until dissolved. bring to boil and boil 2 minutes without stirring. cool. store covered in refrigerator.
• 2 in a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon wedges with the whole strawberries and mint leaves. add ice and rum, lemon juice and sugar syrup; shake well. strain over crushed ice-filled high-ball glasses.
• 3 garnish with the berry halves and mint sprigs.