The Mojito is a Cuban drink made with rum, mint, sugar, carbonated water, and lime juice. The Dirty Mojito is a variation that changes the color and taste by adding or changing some of the essential ingredients, such as using raw or brown sugar, different types of rum, or honey. The drink requires some effort, and the ingredients should be muddled together before adding rum and soda water. The Dirty Mojito is typically served in a tall glass and garnished with mint leaves or a lime wedge.
Mojito is the Cuban national drink and a combination of rum, mint leaves, sugar, carbonated water and lime juice. The drink has gained great popularity in the United States as a refreshing and unusual taste of the tropics. Also, like the best-known drinks, it has inspired some variations. Among them is the dirty mojito.
Making a “dirty” drink means you can slightly change the color and taste by adding or changing some of the essential ingredients. A dirty martini, for example, contains olive juice. There are actually several versions of the dirty mojito. A classic is to use raw sugar instead of white granulate. This gives the drink a slightly tanned or “dirty” color.
Another dirty mojito variation advocates the use of brown sugar. This would change the flavor of the drink perhaps more than raw sugar. The brown sugar has a slightly caramelized, slightly molasses-like flavor that could add more complexity to the contrasting flavors of lime and mint in addition to the rum.
Most “clean” mojitos are made with white rum, so another way to make a dirty mojito is to use a light or darker amber rum instead. This will really change the color and as you add different tasting sugars it will result in both color and flavor changes. Honey is another suggested sweetener, though it should be used sparingly to avoid making the drink too sweet.
Like many mojito recipes, dirty mojitos require a little effort. Most cocktail aficionados suggest muddying or mashing the mint, sugar, lime juice, and ice a bit together. Others believe that if you do, you’ll end up with what looks like grass floating in your drink. This might well fit the description of “dirty” however. Once the muddle process is done, the acid in the lime juice helps remove the taste of the oil in the mint. You can also let these ingredients sit for a few minutes if you prefer to keep the mint leaves intact.
Add rum, typically a one-ounce (0.03 liter) serving, and top off the drink with soda water. You can alter the amounts of mint, sugar, alcohol, lime juice, and soda water to make the mojito dirt stronger in flavor, more boozy, sweeter, or fresher. Most people develop their own recipes when they make them at home. As with the clean mojito, the dirty mojito is typically served in a tall glass and may be garnished with a few mint leaves or a lime wedge.
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