Prepare Mojitos for 20 People
Make mojitos for a group inside of an insulated beverage container; since you’re not drinking it all at once, the insulation will help keep the drink cool for longer. Infusing the rum with mint leaves overnight intensifies the flavor of your mojitos.
Ingredients
- Servings: 20
- 2-1/2 cups mint leaves, packed
- 5 cups light rum
- 3-1/3 cups lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 2-1/4 cups simple syrup
- 10 cups (2.5 L) club soda
- Ice
Steps
- Place the mint leaves in a food processor.
- Pulse the mint leaves until they are chopped, but don’t make them into a paste.
- Scrape the mint leaves into a pitcher with a flat plastic spatula.
- Pour the rum over the mint and place the pitcher into the refrigerator. Allow the mint to infuse the rum overnight.
- Pour the rum through a sieve into an insulated beverage container.
- Set the mint leaves aside.
- Add the lime juice and the simple syrup to the container, whisking them to combine.
- Add the club soda just before you begin serving the mojitos.
- Place 1 teaspoon of the reserved mint leaves into an old-fashioned glass or other cylindrical glass.
- Fill the glass with ice.
- Dispense the mojitos through the beverage container into the ice-filled glasses.
Tips
- You can substitute lemon-lime soda for the club soda in this recipe. If you do use this substitution, then you can skip the simple syrup.
- To make simple syrup for this recipe, combine 2 cups of water with 2 cups of sugar in a saucepan. Dissolve the sugar over medium heat for 5 minutes. Then, cool the syrup for 20 minutes before adding it to the recipe.
- Feel free to use limeade or bottled lime juice instead of freshly squeezed lime juice. This will save time as you prepare the recipe. If you use limeade, you will need to taste the mojitos and decide how much simple syrup to add.
Things You'll Need
- Food processor
- Flat plastic spatula
- Pitcher
- Sieve
- Insulate beverage container
- 20 old-fashioned glasses or other cylindrical glasses
