Spicy Habanero Mango Mojito

📝 Ingredients

• 1 small mango
• 1 habanero pepper
• 1 lime cut into 6 wedges
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 10 fresh mint leaves
• 2 oz mango nectar
• 3 oz rum
• 6 oz sparkling water (I used naturally essenced lemon sparkling water)
• Ice
• Cocktail shaker or big cup
• Cocktail jigger or mini measuring cup
• Cutting board
• Muddler or wooden spoon
• Mojito glasses

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Wash mango really well. Cut a couple of slices for garnishing and set aside. Peel the rest and chop it.
2. 2Wash the habanero pepper and cut 4 very thin slices. Be careful, habanero pepper is extremely spicy, don’t touch your face or anything else while working with them and wash your hands immediately after. Make sure there are no seeds in the slices. Wash your work surface and knife afterward. Set aside.
3. 3In a cocktail shaker or a big, flat bottomed cup, squeeze 4 lime wedges into the cup and throw the skins in after, add sugar, mint, 2 thin slices of habanero pepper, and the peeled mango.
4. 4Using a muddler or the back end of a wooden spoon crush them together to release the mint, lime, and habanero oils.
5. 5Pour in rum, mango nectar and sparkling water. Mix well.
6. 6Pour the mojito mix into two prepared glasses with ice, more fresh mint, lime wedges and slices of mango, if you like. If you want it spicier, add one more thin slice of habanero pepper to each glass as well.