Lemongrass mojitos recipe

Name: Lemongrass mojitos
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 sticks lemongrass, bases trimmed; 3½ tbsp light brown sugar; 2 limes, cut into wedges; handful mint leaves, plus 2 sprigs to serve; 75ml white rum; soda water, to top up the glasses

The fragrant, citrus flavour of lemongrass goes beautifully well with mint and rum. Use the lemongrass stalk as a stirrer in this delicious mojitos.

See method

Serves 2
10 mins to prepare
176 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Vegan
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

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Tesco Lemongrass Minimum 2 Stems
2 sticks lemongrass, bases trimmed
£0.60
£0.30/each
Tesco Light Brown Soft Sugar 500g
3½ tbsp light brown sugar
£2.00
£4.00/kg
Tesco Limes Each
Aldi Price Match
2 limes, cut into wedges
£0.23
£0.23/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Mint 30G
Aldi Price Match
handful mint leaves, plus 2 sprigs to serve
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco White Rum 35Cl
75ml white rum
£7.25
£20.71/litre
Tesco British Natural Mineral Water Sparkling 2L
soda water, to top up the glasses
£0.90
£0.45/litre

Method

Remove the tough outer layers from the lemongrass. Finely chop the bulbous parts and reserve the stalks.
Divide the chopped lemongrass, sugar, lime wedges and mint leaves between 2 tall glasses and use the end of a rolling pin or a wooden spoon handle to muddle (mash) the ingredients together, releasing their flavour.
Divide the rum between the glasses, muddle again, then fill up with crushed ice and top up with soda water. Stand a lemon grass stalk and a mint sprig up in each glass then serve the mojito.