Lizz Brooks wrote in recently ” I recently returned from Maui and while I was there I had a fabulous drink and would love to know how you\u2019d replicate it. It was a Pineapple-Lemongrass Mojito at Tommy Bahamas. I\u2019m guessing there was fresh pineapple juice,simple syrup,and white rum. It was garnished with fresh mint and a stalk of lemongrass. But, would it be as simple as that? It was so yummy, refreshing but not too sweet”.<\/p>\n
Lizz, this sounds like a fantastic drink and should be easy to duplicate at home. First I would infuse the rum with fresh lemongrass:<\/p>\n
In a glass jar add 1 1\/2 cups (about 1\/2 a 750 ml bottle) of white rum. Then rinse\u00a01 stalk of fresh lemongrass, remove the outside layer and discard. Cut off the top 2″ and the hard end, and discard.Then cut the lemongrass through lengthwise and\u00a0cut into 2-3″ pieces. Add to the rum. Cover and let sit for 2-3 days to infuse. Then strain out lemongrass and discard.<\/p>\n
To make a cocktail:
\n2-3 large sprigs of fresh mint
\n1 1\/2 – 2 ounces of Lemongrass infused Rum
\n1\/2\u00a0ounce simple syrup*
\n3\/4 oz pineapple juice
\n3\/4 ounce fresh lime juice
\nsplash of soda water
\ngarnish: fresh mint and a long piece of lemongrass if desired<\/p>\n
In a cocktail shaker, muddle mint to press out the flavors with a muddler or end of a wooden spoon. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.\u00a0Measure in rum, simple syrup,\u00a0pineapple juice\u00a0and\u00a0lime juice. Cap and shake well. Then add a splash of soda (about 3\/4 -1 oz) into shaker. Pour drink into tall glass. Garnish and enjoy!<\/p>\n
Note: adjust simple syrup amount down if you like it less sweet.<\/p>\n
*Simple Syrup – bring 2 cups water + 2 cups sugar to a quick boil, immediately remove from heat. Cool and store at room temp for up to 2 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lizz Brooks wrote in recently ” I recently returned from Maui and while I was there I had a fabulous drink and would love to know how you\u2019d replicate it. It was a Pineapple-Lemongrass Mojito at Tommy Bahamas. I\u2019m guessing there was fresh pineapple juice,simple syrup,and white rum. It was garnished with fresh mint and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[11855,11801,11857,11803],"class_list":{"0":"post-52","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","7":"tag-cocktails","9":"tag-recent"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}