The long, warm days of summer are fading fast, but before it's too late try making these peach mojitos, or faux-jitos if that's more your style. Since we have delicious, juicy peaches right now, making them with fresh peach puree is the way to go. But if it ends up being the middle of winter before you get around to making these, well, shame on you... just joking-- you can make these with bottled peach nectar too! We got a little fancy and finely chopped some mint and mixed it with sugar to coat the rims of our jars. And while this step isn't necessary, it ups the wow factor.
To make these mojitos you will need:
3 cups of peaches, peeled, pitted and chopped 1 teaspoon lime zest 1 cup lime juice 2/3 cup sugar 2 cups white rum 4 cups club soda, chilled 1/2 cup packed mint leaves lime wedges for garnish
Place peaches in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Press peach puree through a fine sieve into a bowl and discard solids. In a large pitcher, combine zest, lime juice, sugar, and mint. Muddle the juice mixture with the back of a long wooden spoon. Add the peach puree and rum to the pitcher, stirring until sugar dissolves. Mix in club soda. Serve over crushed ice. And garnish with lime wedges.
