A refreshing zesty drink with limes, mint and a good glug of white rum. Perfect for a warm summer's afternoon in the garden with friends.
Ingredients
6 limes sliced
3 tbsp granulated sugar
6 mint sprigs
ice
400ml white rum
500ml sparking water
Method
- Chop each lime into six pieces and add them to a two-litre jug. Add the sugar and squash the lime wedges with the end of a rolling pin. Keep crushing to get out all the juices.
- Strip the leaves off the mint springs and crush them in your hands. to bruise the leaves gently, then add them into the jug.
- Add the rum and stir with a long-handled spoon to mix all the ingredients together
- Top up the jug with the sparkling water. Stir gently once more.
- Finally add some ice to some tall highball glasses, then serve. Try nd get a lime or two and a little mint into each glass or add a few extra leaves.
