Mojito Slush Recipes

MOJITO SLUSH

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin and sugar in boiling water; add mint leaves. Cover and steep for 20 minutes. Press through a sieve; discard mint. Stir in the limeade concentrate, cold water, soda and rum. Pour into a 2-1/2-qt. freezer container. Freeze overnight or until set., For each serving, scoop 2/3 cup slush into a glass. Pour soda into the glass; garnish as desired.

MOJITO SLUSH

Steps:

• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and sugar over medium heat about 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In 8-cup blender, place sugar water, lime juice, rum and mint leaves (if smaller blender, do in batches). Cover; blend on high speed about 20 seconds or until mint is finely chopped.
• Pour mixture into 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Freeze 4 to 6 hours, using fork to break apart ice crystals every 2 hours.
• To serve, spoon 1/2 cup mixture into each glass; pour 1/4 cup ginger ale over each. Stir. If desired, garnish with mint sprigs.

GLUTEN-FREE MOJITO SLUSH

Steps:

• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and sugar over medium heat about 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In 8-cup blender, place sugar water, lime juice, rum and mint leaves (if smaller blender, do in batches). Cover; blend on high speed about 20 seconds or until mint is finely chopped.
• Pour mixture into 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Freeze 4 to 6 hours, using fork to break apart ice crystals every 2 hours.
• To serve, spoon 1/2 cup mixture into each glass; pour 1/4 cup ginger ale over each. Stir. If desired, garnish with mint sprigs.

MOJITOS BY THE PITCHER

Steps:

• Muddle sugar and mint leaves together in pitcher until leaves are well broken down. Add limes and muddle until limes are juiced. Stir rum into sugar mixture; add club soda and stir until sugar is dissolved.

STRAWBERRY MOJITO

Steps:

• Pour 1/4 to 1/2 inch of sugar onto a small, shallow plate. Run one of the lime quarters around the rim of each cocktail glass, then dip the glasses into the sugar to rim; set aside.
• Squeeze all of the lime quarters into a sturdy glass pitcher. Toss the juiced limes into the pitcher along with the mint, strawberries, and 1 cup of sugar. Crush the fruits together with a muddler to release the juices from the strawberries and the oil from the mint leaves. Stir in the rum and club soda until the sugar has dissolved. Pour into the sugared glasses over ice cubes to serve.

MOJITO SLUSHIE

Steps:

• In a blender, combine sugar and water. Blend until sugar dissolves, 1 minute. Fill with ice. Add lemon juice and lime juice, rum, and mint. Blend until smooth.

FROZEN MOJITO SLUSHES

Steps:

• In a blender, combine 1/2 pint sorbet or 1/2 can of limeade with 4 shots of rum, 1/4 cup mint leaves and 1/2 tray of ice. Pulse, then blend on high until lime-mint slush is smooth. Pour drinks into 2 large cocktail glasses using a long handled spoon and repeat with remaining ingredients.

MOJITO SLUSHY

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, add the sugar and water. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup is clear. Set aside to cool.
• Put the sugar syrup, lime juice, mint leaves, lime zest, and rum into a blender and blend until smooth. Add the ice and blend until slushy. Spoon into glasses; garnish with a sprig of mint and a lime slice.

FREEZER MOJITOS SLUSH

Steps:

• Place sugar and 1 cup water in saucepan, bring to a boil and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.
• Place mint leaves in a bowl with the juice of 1 lime and a sprinkling of sugar and using a muddler or the end of a wooden spoon/rolling pin/etc mash the leaves up until they are all mushed up.
• Combine the sugar syrup, limeade, remaining water, mashed mint leaves/lime juice, the juice form the other lime and the rum in large bowl. Cut up the limes and toss into the mixture.
• Pour the mixture into a resealable gallon size freezer bag and allow to freeze.
• When ready to serve use a ratio of 1:1 of slush and club soda. You can add ice cubes to help it stay cool --
• **Use the limeade can to measure out the rum**.

MELON MOJITO SLUSH

Steps:

• To make the watermelon punch bowl, remove thin slice from bottom of melon, allowing it to stand upright. Cut off the top of melon.
• Scoop out melon, leaving about 1 inch shell; reserve all melon.
• Turn melon bowl upside down in a large bowl to drain. Cover and chill.
• In a medium saucepan, combine mint leaves and sugar. Using back of wooden spoon, mash mint with sugar until leaves are bruised.
• Add water; bring to a boil stirring occasionally over medium heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let steep for 10 minutes, then strain.
• In food processor, puree melon in batches to a total of 10 cups of melon puree.
• Place puree in large bowl, add mint syrup, limeade and rum; stir.
• Pour into freezer containers and freeze overnight.
• Right before the party, scoop slush into hollowed out melon with a scoop for serving.