One of the best things about summer is all the amazing in-season fruit. And there’s one fruit in my mind, we don’t use enough for cocktails. It’s kiwis. Not only do kiwis taste amazing in my opinion, they are really pretty. I love the contrast of color with the green and the black seeds. Which made me instantly think that this fruit would be great in a blueberry kiwi mojito.
Pairing this sweet fruit with a favorite summertime snack, blueberries, made for a great flavor combination in one of my favorite traditional cocktails. Mojitos are so easy to make and you just need some of your favorite fruit and mint to make these. I like to use a white rum like Bacardi for its smooth flavor. A splash of soda water finishes it off. Here’s how to make a blueberry kiwi mojito.
How To Make A Blueberry Kiwi Mojito
Two favorite fruits of mine are blueberries and kiwis. And it turns out they work great in a mojito with fresh mint and lime. It’s a perfect refreshing summer drink. Make a big batch of these for summer pool parties or BBQs.
Ingredients
- 2 oz of white rum
- 1/2 oz simple syrup, or a tsp of sugar
- 1/2 oz lemon juice, or 2 lime wedges
- 3-5 fresh mint leaves
- 3-5 pieces of cubed kiwis
- 3-5 blackberries
- Splash of soda water
Method
Step One
Prep your ingredients and dice up your kiwi. Pull your mint leaves off their stems. And make your simple syrup – just a 1 to 1 ratio of water to sugar brought to a simmer until dissolved. You can also just use plain white sugar in this recipe and skip the extra step. For the limes, you can add fresh lime slices to the glass when we muddle, or if you don’t have fresh lime, just use lime juice.
Step Two
Add your kiwis, blueberries, mint, limes and sugar to a glass. You can do this in the glass you’ll be serving it in, or in a cocktail shaker. Muddle these together with a muddler until mostly combined.
Step Three
Add your ice and rum and then give it a stir, or gentle shake if you’re using a cocktail shaker.
Step Four
Top with soda water and garnish with fresh mint or a lime wedge. If using a cocktail shaker, strain it into a fresh glass with ice, and top with soda and a mint garnish. You can also garnish with a sliced wheel of kiwi which looks really pretty with this cocktail.
PS my lemon fizz and my pecan spiked iced tea are also great summertime cocktails. If you want to make this into a batch cocktail, remove the soda so it doesn’t go flat and just add water instead.
Photos by JNelly
Blueberry Kiwi Mojito
Ingredients
- 5-6 Mint leaves torn
- 2-3 lime wedges
- 1/2 oz of simple syrup I used mint infused simple syrup
- 2 oz of white rum if you have lemon or any citrus flavored rum that works great too
- splash of soda
- blueberries and diced kiwis handful of each works fine
Instructions
- Tear mint leaves and add to rocks glass along with lime wedges and simple syrup (you can also just sprinkle sugar if you don’t have simple syrup)
- Muddle these ingredients together
- Add rum to the rocks glass and then transfer everything to a shaker.
- Shake everything together and then pour back into your rocks glass and top with soda water.
