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Cuban Cocktails

Mojito
90ml Havana white Rum
2 teaspoons sugar
Juice of 1 lime
4 mint leaves
Soda Water

Place the mint, sugar and a splash of soda water into a highball glass and mix well until sugar dissolves and the mint flavour is released.  Squeeze the lime juice into the glass, add the rum, add a half lime, stir well and fill the glasses with crushed ice. Top with soda water and garnish with mint sprigs.

Daiquiri
60ml Havana White Rum
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon sugar

Shake all ingredients with crushed ice in a cocktail shaker, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and serve immediately.

Cuba Libre Cocktail
1 shot Havana Rum
Coca Cola
Ice
Slice of lemon

Fill a tall high ball glass with ice. Add a generous splash of rum into glass and top with Coca Cola.  Add a slice of lemon and a stirrer and serve.

White Chocolate Martini
1 shot of Cuban espresso
30ml cold milk
120ml white chocolate sauce
Cinnamon powder
6 ice-cubes
Grated white chocolate shavings for garnish

Pour the espresso, cold milk and white chocolate sauce into a shaker with the ice cubes.  Shake for 45 seconds and pour into a chilled cocktail glass.  Sprinkle with cinnamon powder and grated white chocolate shavings.

Espresso Martini
1 shot of Cuban espresso
30ml of vodka
15 ml of Kahlúa
Lightly whipped cream for topping
6 ice cubes

Add the espresso, Vodka, Kahlua and crushed ice to a cocktail shaker. Shake for 45 seconds.   Pour into a chilled martini glass and top with lightly whipped cream. Serve immediately.