Rhubarb Mojito
There’s a short season to enjoy fresh-from-the-garden rhubarb and life’s too short not to find reasons for happy hour. That’s why I’m bringing you this Rhubarb Mojito. It’s sweet. It’s tart. Best of all, it’s fresh and refreshing for those early hot summer days.
Making Rhubarb Simple Syrup
The Rhubarb Mojito is a two-part recipe. First, we’ll need to make some rhubarb syrup. Then we can make our Mojitos and hit the patio.
- 8 oz of rhubarb chopped (1-2 stalks)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Rhubarb syrup is very easy to make. Cut your fresh rhubarb from the garden. Reagan loves gardening and she helped me get a few stalks for tonight’s cooking.
Wash and chop them into slices.
In a medium pot: add the sugar, water, and chopped rhubarb over medium heat. Heat until the sugar is dissolved and the rhubarb is soft. It should be 20 minutes to soften the rhubarb. Cool and strain.
You can see the rhubarb simple syrup in our measuring cup below.
Making a Rhubarb Garnish
Take a long stalk of rhubarb and wash it. Then set a mandolin to a very thin slice and carefully run the stalk down the mandoline edge.
Rhubarb Mojito:
Ingredients:
- 1 lime cut into wedges
- 1 handful of mint leaves
- 1 rhubarb garnishment
- rhubarb simple syrup
- soda water white rum
In a tumbler, muddle 3 to 5 mint leaves and squeeze two lime wedges over them. Then add the rhubarb garnishment before pouring 1/4 of the tumbler full of rhubarb simple syrup.
Add 2 ounces (or whatever) of rum into the glass. Top off with some ice and garnish. If you like, you can cut the drink with some cold water or a cold soda.
If you like this drink, make may also like our Cider Mimosa
sweet, tart and fresh summer drink.
20 minPrep Time
1 minCook Time
21 minTotal Time
Yields 5 drinks
Ingredients
- 8 oz of rhubarb chopped (1-2 stalks)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 lime cut into wedges
- 1 handful of mint leaves
- 1 rhubarb garnishment
- soda water white rum
Instructions
- Combine the chopped rhubarb, sugar and water in a medium pot. Simmer for 20 minutes to dissolve the sugar and infuse the syrup with rhubarb. Cool and strain.
- Add lime, mint, and rhubarb garnish in a tumbler.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the syrup in the glass.
- Top off with soda water and white rum
Other Drinks You May Enjoy
- Campari Tonic is Our New Summer Drink
- Homemade Irish Cream
- Cider Mimosa
- Sumac Old Fashioned
- Blackberry Lemon Shrub Cocktail
- Cold Brewed Coffee Beer
Other Fresh From the Garden Recipes
The Rhubarb Mojito is part of our Foraging Minnesota series. Check it, or these other recipes out:
- Salsa Recipe for Small Garden Batches
- Zucchini Fries
- Fried Asparagus
- Creamy Zucchini Soup
- Low Carb Lettuce Wrap
- Caprese Salad
- Fruit Pizza
- How to Make Maple Syrup