Maejito

Now it is a bit very cheeky but I have to say the results of this experiment was very pleasant, and hence shall be named after its creator.

Featuring the mae-jito!

This highball is based on the typical mojito recipe (mint, sugar and lime muddled together, with a shot (or two?!) of rum and topped with sparkling soda water), but this has no sugar but has sugar plant leaves in it! I also used a combination of lemon and kaffir lime.

Maejito
serves 2

8 sugar leaves
a handful of mint and peppermint leaves
1 small kaffir lime, quartered
1 lemon, quartered
4 shots Bacardi rum
sparkling tonic water, to top up

sugar leaves and mint 

kaffir lime

the zest of which was used here

in a tall glass tear 4 sugar leaves and a sprig of mint and peppermint leaves

2 kaffir limes wedges and 2 lemon wedges

muddle until the juices of the citrus and the essence of the leaves are released

(muddling is a nice therapeutic activity

I used to use the end of a rolling pin for this but I have upgraded since..

so now I have a proper muddler :)

add 2 shots of the rum and top up with chilled sparkling tonic water

garnish with a mint sprig

All the leaves and fruit used for this drink are homegrown!

Enjoy :)