Lemongrass, Kaffir Lime and Ginger Mojito

Name: Lemongrass, Kaffir Lime and Ginger Mojito
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 people
Ingredients: 1 cup water; ½ cup raw sugar; 5 slices of ginger; leaves handful of kaffir lime; 1 lemongrass stalk; 30 ml syrup; 45 ml Havana Club Anejo Especial or your favourite rum; ½ a lime; 8 leaves mint; ice; sparkling or soda water; lime wheels

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Cook Time
mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings
2 people
Calories
305 kcal
Course
Cocktails

Lemongrass, Kaffir Lime and Ginger Mojito

Omar Parker

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This Lemongrass, Kaffir Lime and Ginger Mojito is a beautiful update to the classic. Ginger adds a punchy kick while the lemongrass and kaffir lime add a lovely fragrant depth of flavour.

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Ingredients

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SYRUP:

1 cup water
½ cup raw sugar
5 slices of ginger cut roughly 5mm thick
leaves handful of kaffir lime
1 lemongrass stalk sliced

MOJITO:

30 ml syrup 1oz, recipe above
45 ml Havana Club Anejo Especial or your favourite rum 1 ½ oz
½ a lime cut into quarters
8 leaves mint
ice
sparkling or soda water
lime wheels sprig of mint and lemongrass stalk for garnish

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Instructions

To make the syrup place the water and raw sugar in a saucepan over a medium low heat. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the lemongrass, ginger and kaffir lime leaves. Leave for a couple of hours or overnight before straining. The syrup will keep in a sterilised bottle for around 2 weeks.
To make the mojito place the syrup, lime and rum in a glass and muddle with a muddling stick to release all the juice from the lime. If you don't have a muddling stick you can use the end of a wooden spoon.
Place the mint leaves in your hand and clap them together. Rub the mint leaves around the rim of the glass before popping them in the glass. Top with ice and sparkling water. Stir to make sure everything is well mixed, and garnish with lime wheels, a mint sprig and a lemongrass stalk.

Notes

If you'd like to make this recipe refined sugar free you could replace the raw sugar with brown rice syrup. Coconut sugar could also work here, however it has quite a pronounced flavour, which I feel would interfere with the lemongrass, kaffir lime and ginger. Don't have rum, tequila is a great alternative!

Nutrition Information

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Calories 305kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 64g (21%) Sodium 18mg (1%) Potassium 38mg (1%) Sugar 61g (122%) Vitamin C 4.9mg (5%) Calcium 12mg (1%) Iron 0.5mg (3%)