Name: Elderflower Mojito
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice

Elderflower Mojito
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Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of mint sprigs.
Lightly MUDDLE mint (just to bruise) in glass.
Add other ingredients.
Two-thirds fill glass with crushed ice and CHURN with barspoon.
TOP with more crushed ice and CHURN again
Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet.
Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The enduring classic Mojito benefits from a touch of elderflower.

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Variant:

Parisien Mojito

History:

See: Mojito origins and history.

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Shogi Redbrook

3rd May at 16:04

I love mojitos and elderflower but unfortunately this is vile. The mint would probably be better muddled in the lime juice and liqueur to avoid bringing out so much bitterness, and crushed ice with multiple churns just makes it watery and bland.

Juan Simon

11th October 2024 at 18:02

I found it too sweet with Plantaion 3 stars with the above doses. Still delicious, but next time dial back on the Elderflower for my taste. This could also work with a bit of Green/Yellow Chartreuse.

Simon Sedgley

1st August 2024 at 05:06

Lovely cocktail...we think that this is better balanced than the Parisien.

Ryan Harrold

9th May 2024 at 08:04

I would argue that this is almost better then a regular Mojito, with the elderflower liqueur being at the perfect amount, which although it’s not summer here in Australia, this would definitely be a hit during summer

Chris Dimal

25th August 2023 at 13:06

Super refreshing, even better than a Mojito for the hot summer. The elderflower offers just enough sweetness, that is balanced, yet nicely dry.

John Hinojos

27th February 2022 at 21:09

Very refreshing and perfect with a light luncheon. We used Clairin Vaval (a Haitian sugar cane rum similar to cachaça). Gave the cocktail the wonderful Rhum Agricore flavour. It is 97 Proof so the cocktail had a little more punch.

Maira Salazar

10th January 2021 at 22:10

Used Cachaça instead of rum, and it works very well! It has the bite of the Cachaça, while still being refreshing. Might need more sweetener for some, but I enjoyed as it is