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Plumpkin
This easy mojito variation from Area Four in Cambridge, Massachusetts is best with a flavorful, ripe plum or pluot. It's perfect for a hot late-summer day.
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Plumpkin
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 1 cocktail |
| Active time: | 5 minutes |
| Total time: | 5 minutes |
| Special equipment: | muddler, cocktail shaker |
Ingredients
- 1 ripe black plum or pluot, quartered
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 lime, cut in half (2 lime quarters)
- 12 mint leaves
- 2 ounces white rum
- Club soda
- Garnish: mint sprig
Procedures
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1
Muddle plum or pluot with sugar into a rough pulp. Add lime and mint leaves and muddle lightly. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, add rum, and shake until very cold, about 15 seconds.
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2
Pour unstrained into 12-ounce serving glass, top with soda and garnish with mint sprig.
