Old Cuban

Name: Old Cuban
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 45 ml aged rum; 22.5 ml fresh lime juice; 30 ml simple syrup; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 6 leaves mint leaves; 60 ml Brut Champagne or dry Prosecco, chilled; 1 mint sprig, to garnish

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Prep4 min

Cook0 min

Total4 min

Audrey Saunders's 2001 New York modern classic — aged rum, lime, mint and Angostura shaken and topped with Champagne: a Mojito dressed for the evening.

Ingredients

Serves:1

45 ml aged rum
22.5 ml fresh lime juice
30 ml simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
6 leaves mint leaves
60 ml Brut Champagne or dry Prosecco, chilled
1 mint sprig, to garnish

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

388kcal · per serving

16.8g

Protein

46.5g

Carbs

4.7g

Fat

Recipe total: 388 kcal · P 16.8g · C 46.5g · F 4.7g

Estimated from 7 of 7 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Video

Steps

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Put the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, bitters and mint leaves in a shaker filled with ice.
3
Shake hard for 10 seconds.
4
Double strain into the chilled coupe, leaving room at the top.
5
Top up with the Champagne, pouring it slowly down the side of the glass so it does not foam over.
6
Garnish with a mint sprig.

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Questions and answers

How long does Old Cuban take to make?

About 4 minutes.

What are the proportions for Old Cuban?

45 ml aged rum; 22.5 ml fresh lime juice; 30 ml simple syrup; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 6 leaves mint leaves; 60 ml Brut Champagne or dry Prosecco; 1 mint sprig.

How many servings does this Old Cuban recipe make?

1 serving. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

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