Mojito

This classic cocktail, made with fresh ingredients in the Vitamix® Aer™ disc container, is best enjoyed on a warm summer day.

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Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups (195 g) ice cubes
  • 10 fresh mint leaves, additional for garnish
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) simple syrup
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) fresh lime juice
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) white rum
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) club soda, or soda water

Directions

  1. Place ice in a highball glass and set aside. Place mint, simple syrup, lime juice, and rum into the Aer® Disc container in the order listed and secure the lid.
  2. Start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to Variable 6. Blend for 45 seconds.
  3. Pour into the highball glass. Top with club soda and garnish with mint.

Chef's Notes

  • You can easily batch this recipe by increasing the amounts of the ingredients up to 4 times.  Depending on how you like your Mojito's you may strain the beverages into the glasses to remove excess mint leaves.