Name: Huckleberry Mojito
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Northwest
Ingredients: 2 -3 oz White Rum; 1/4 cup huckleberries, divided; 15 leaves of fresh mint; 1-2 tablespoons simple syrup (½ cup sugar, ½ cup water) or liquid honey; 2 oz of soda water; 2 slices of lime; Garnish: mint, lime wedges for garnish.

Have you been Huckleberry picking? Here’s a fun little cocktail you can make with your stash… Huckleberry Mojito! Made with simple ingredients, this is refreshing and light!

How to make refreshing Huckleberry Mojitos with Rum, fresh huckleberries and mint. #mojito #huckleberries

This recipe for Huckleberry Mojito came to be last week when I was trying to create a “signature cocktail ” for a wedding we will be catering next month. We are located in the Pacific Northwest, where huckleberries grow in the wild. The bride and groom wanted to feature Northwest ingredients and gave us free rein to come up with a menu, and surprise them and their guests! It’s a smaller wedding, only 40 people or so, and honestly, this is my favorite way to cater events- doing a farm-to-table dinner that just can’t be planned out a year in advance. I am so excited!

The wedding dinner will be kind of rustic- old wood tables lined up in a long row, way out in an open field, with vintage silverware and plates. Mason jars will be the primary drinking vessel.

So I’ve been happily testing away, and so far this is my favorite. It is really hot here and this just goes down so easy!

Ingredients in Huckleberry Mojito

Fresh Huckleberries (or sub other berries- blueberries, blackberries)
Fresh mint leaves
Rum
Simple syrup
Fresh Squeezed Lime juice
Sparkling water

How to make Huckleberry Mojitos

In a cocktail shaker, muddle the fresh mint and half of the huckleberries until they are broken up.
Add ice, rum, and simple syrup and shake really well.
Strain this into a glass ( or small mason jar) filled with ice, and add the soda water, and a few whole huckleberries.
Garnish with a wedge of lime and a sprig of mint.

It’s a simple summer cocktail, hope you enjoy this as much as we have!

Sylvia

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Author: Sylvia Fountaine | Feasting at Home
Prep Time: 5
Total Time: 5
Yield: 1 large drink 1x
Category: cocktail
Method: shaken
Cuisine: Northwest

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Description

Huckleberry Mojitos are made with fresh huckleberries, rum, mint, bubbly water and lime juice. Makes 1 tall, cool and refreshing summer cocktail.

Ingredients

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2 –3 oz White Rum
1/4 cup huckleberries, divided
15 leaves of fresh mint
1–2 tablespoons simple syrup (1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water) or liquid honey
2 oz of soda water
2 slices of lime
Garnish: mint, lime wedges for garnish.

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Instructions

In a martini shaker, muddle the mint and half of the huckleberries until mint is broken up.
Add ice, rum, simple syrup and shake well.
Strain this into a glass filled with ice, and add the soda water , and whole huckleberries.
Garnish with a wedge of lime and a sprig of mint.