If you're already familiar with mojitos, you know that they usually incorporate mint and lime juice. For the
Orange- Basil Mojitos, I simply subbed basil for mint and fresh orange juice for lime. It worked! The basil flavor worked well with the orange. I know what your thinking... sounds weird, right? It wasn't weird at all. The basil worked well with the orange and it wasn't overpowering at all.
Use that muddling tool to smush the heck out of the basil with the orange juice & sugar. (Don't have a muddler? Not to worry... just use a wooden spoon.) Then you simply add a bit of rum and club soda to finish it off. Top with an orange slice and you're ready for a toast! We loved this... it tasted just like the Vegas drink.
And just because I like all of you and you leave nice comments on my blog, I'll share a few more of my favorite tried and true mojito recipes with you... but you have to promise to try one of them. Here you go...
recipe - for the newbies that want to check out this whole mojito thing.