Cuban Mojito

• 1 lime, cut in wedges
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Handful fresh mint, plus more for garnish
• 1/2 cup light rum
• Soda water
• 2 pieces fresh sugar-cane stalks (optional)

1. In a martini shaker or wide glass, combine the lime, sugar, and mint.
2. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, smash and crush everything together to release the oils and juice from the lime rind and mint leaves.
3. When you have some nice juice in there and the sugar begins to dissolve, add the rum and stir it around to combine.
4. Fill 2 glasses with ice, divide the mixture between the glasses, and top off with some soda.
5. Garnish with a couple of mint leaves.
6. For extra pizzazz stick a piece of sugarcane in the glass to use as a stirrer.

lime, sugar, handful fresh mint, light rum, water, sugarcane stalks

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cuban-mojito-372659 (may not work)