Plumpkin Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated August 30, 2018
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This easy mojito variation from Area Four in Cambridge, Massachusetts is best with a flavorful, ripe plum or pluot. It's perfect for a hot late-summer day.

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Recipe Details

Plumpkin Recipe

Active 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Serves 1 serving
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Ingredients

  • 1 ripe black plum or pluot, quartered
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 lime, cut in half (2 lime quarters)
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 2 ounces white rum
  • Club soda
  • Garnish: mint sprig

Directions

  1. Muddle plum or pluot with sugar into a rough pulp. Add lime and mint leaves and muddle lightly. Fill cocktail shaker with ice, add rum, and shake until very cold, about 15 seconds.

  2. Pour unstrained into 12-ounce serving glass, top with soda and garnish with mint sprig.

Special equipment

muddler, cocktail shaker

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