Cocktails | Mojito Martini

Revised on February 12, 2012

This cocktail is from my one of favorite restaurants in Los Gatos, Cin-Cin. Pair it with a Mojito Cupcake.

Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

2 ounces of rum, Flor de Caña Extra Dry

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

1/2 ounce simple syrup

10 mint leaves

sugar for glass

 

Method

Chill martini glasses in freezer. Run lime slice around rim of glass, then dip into sugar.

Fill cocktail shaker about 1/3 full with ice. Add 10 mint leaves to shaker, add rum, fresh lime juice and simple syrup. Shake about 30 seconds, strain into glass and serve.

 

(Recipe by Brenda.)