Jalapeno, Blood orange, and mint mojito aka Hot Summer Sunset Mocktail
Fresh mocktail made with Blood orange juice, muddled mint and Jalepeno syrup.
Ingredients
- 5 Blood oranges 4 for juice, 1 for garnish
- 1 Jalapeno sliced
- 1 cup Soda Water divided
- 1/2 cup sugar for the Jalapeno syrup
- 1/2 cup water for the Jalapeno syrup
- 1 cup fresh mint muddled and some for garnish
- **2 oz rum if you want to make a cocktail instead of a mocktail
Instructions
Jalapeno Syrup
- Slice jalapenos, do not remove the seeds.
- Add 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water and the Jalapeno slices to the pan and turn on to medium heat. Watch, and stir periodically as the sugar dissolves.
- Turn off heat when mixture begins to boil.
- Allow Jalapeno mixture to sit. For an hour until cool. Once the mixture is cool, strain into a clean container. It will keep in a refrigerator for up to a week,
Drink
- Add mint to the bottom of your drinking glass and crush or muddle with a muddler or the handle end of a stirring spoon.
- Juice 2 blood oranges about 1/2 cup and pour the juice in with the mint.
- Add 1/2 cup of soda water.
- Add 1/4 cup of Jalapeno syrup.
- Add Ice. Stir and enjoy!