Dark Rum Southsides
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 drinks
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 250
- Total Fat
- 0
- Saturated Fat
- 0
- Carbohydrates
- 33
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 30
- Protein
- 0
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 90
- Total: 15 min
- Active: 15 min
Ingredients
12 large mint leaves plus 4 large sprigs
1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)
1/2 cup simple syrup (see Cook's Note)
1 cup dark rum, such as Mount Gay
1 cup ice, plus extra for serving
1 1/2 cups sparkling water, such as San Pellegrino, chilled
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
- Put the mint leaves and 2 of the lime wedges in a large cocktail shaker and muddle them with a muddler or a long-handled wooden spoon. Add the lime juice, simple syrup, rum, and ice and stir 40 times with a long-handled swiveling cocktail spoon or the wooden spoon. Add the sparkling water and salt and stir well.
- For each drink, fill a low cocktail glass half full with ice, add a mint sprig and a wedge of lime, and pour over the cocktail mixture. Stir and serve ice cold.
Cook’s Note
For this recipe, Ina used a simple syrup made from a 2 to 1 ratio of sugar to water.