Peppermint Mojito

Finely crushed peppermints, peppermint cocktail rimmer or a mixture of red and white coarse sugar (baker’s sugar).

• Juice of 1 lime

• 4 Sprigs fresh mint

• 2 TBS sugar

• 1 TBS grenadine

• 1 oz white rum

• 1 ox Peppermint Schnapps - very cold

• Champagne - very cold

• 2 peppermints

Moisten the edge of two Champagne flutes with lime juice.   Rim with peppermints or sugar.

Muddle the lime juice, mint leaves, sugar and grenadine in the bottom of a shaker.   Add ice, rum and Schnapps and shake to mix.  Strain mixture into two champagne flutes. Top with Champagne.  Garnish with peppermint.