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Cinco de Mayo: Tequila Mojitos

Source of Recipe


Southern Living (June 2006)



List of Ingredients



• 1 cup water
  
• ¾ cup sugar
  
• 1 cup fresh mint sprigs
  
• 2 cups lemon-lime soft drink, chilled
  
• 1 cup fresh lime juice
  
• ½ cup tequila
  
• Garnish: fresh mint sprigs, lime slices
  






Instructions



1. Bring 1 cup water and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan. Boil, stirring often, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; add mint sprigs, and let stand 2 hours or until mixture is completely cool.
   
   
2. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding mint. Stir in lemon-lime soft drink, lime juice, and tequila. Serve over ice. Garnish, if desired.
   
   Makes 5 cups