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Holiday

New Year’s Mojitos
Text & Recipe: Vanessa Cavalieri
Photos: Pattranit Puapongsakorn

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othing says Happy New Year like my favourite holiday cocktail—the classic mojito. I love that combination of fresh mint, lime, and sugar to complement
the kick of rum. Delicious! In this recipe, I have given

the classic mojito a twist by adding watermelon or mango. Get your ingredients ready, whip up a few of these
cocktails, and ring in the New Year with your friends
in Thailand. Cheers!

Ingredients:
14–16 fresh mint leaves
¼ cup chopped mango or about
one cup of chopped watermelon, seeds discarded.
60 mls light (white) rum 1 lime cut into wedges
Soda water
2–3  teaspoons sugar

Method:
1. Place mint leaves and lime wedge in a cocktail shaker
(or flat bottomed drinking glass). Use a muddler
to crush the mint and lime.
2. Add two more lime wedges and the sugar. Muddle
again to release the lime juice until sugar is dissolved.
3. Add mango or watermelon and lightly crush
and muddle into the drink.
4. Fill serving glass with ice. Pour cocktail into glass.
5. Add rum and top up with soda water.
6. Garnish with fresh mint and a slice of fruit.

Vanessa’s

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 The muddling
or bruising
of the mint and lime
releases the mint
oils and lime juice,
giving a well-made
mojito its flavour.

 If you don’t have
a muddler, you can
use a rolling pin for
a similar effect.

 Pineapple
or passion fruit
would also work
as the fruit addition
to these cocktails.

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