During the summer months, I am always looking for colourful fruity and spicy drinks. This hot and spicy mango mojito will do the trick every time. Enjoying this drink on a nice sunny day with some guacamole and tortilla chips on my patio listening to some latino music is the best way to spend a nice evening.  This drink is diluted with sparkling water and has no  added sugar or alcohol (if you need to spike it, substitute the sparkling water for more mango juice and add rum or tequila.)

Ingredients you need are unsweetened mango juice, lime, jalapeño, mint leaves, himalayan salt, sparkling water or club soda.

Chop lime in quarters and slice 2 for garnish, slice 1/2 a jalapeño, and chop 4 mint leaves.

In a mortar and pestle mash up the lime, jalapeno and mint adding 1/4 tsp of Himalayan salt. Scoop out the mashed ingredients and add to 1 cup of unsweetened mango juice.

Add 1 cup of sparkling water or 1 cup of club soda and 6-8 ice cubes.

HOT AND SPICY MANGO MOJITO (NON-ALCOHOLIC)

• Serves: 2

• Prep Time: 5 minutes

• Cooking Time: 10 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup unsweetened mango juice

• 1 lime chopped in quarters ( reserve 2 semi circle slices for garnish)

• 1/4 to 1/2 jalapeno sliced in circles (the more you use, the spicier)

• 7 mint leaves (chopped fine and reserve 3 for garnish)

• 1/4 tsp.Himalayan salt

• 1 cup sparkling water or club soda

INSTRUCTIONS

Place 2 glasses in the freezer and chill for 10 minutes. In a mortar, add lime chopped into quarters, sliced jalapeños, chopped mint leaves, Himalayan salt and mash with pestle till all ingredients are meshed together.  Add all ingredients to mango juice, then add sparkling water and ice and stir and pour into chilled glasses. Garnish with jalapeno slices, mint leaves and a slice of lime.

Enjoy!