Beverages Latin American

Pineapple Mojito

Fresh pineapple and mint are muddled with lime, chilled grape juice and sparkling water for a bright mocktail that tastes like summer remembered where it left its shoes.

Pineapple Mojito

What It Is

Fresh pineapple and mint are muddled with lime, chilled grape juice and sparkling water for a bright mocktail that tastes like summer remembered where it left its shoes.

Origin

The mojito is Cuban in origin; this pineapple version is a non-alcoholic fruit-forward spin.

Fun Fact

Muddling mint too aggressively can make it taste bitter. Bruise it enough to release aroma, not enough to interrogate it.

Prep
10 min
Cook
—
Total
10 min
Servings
2 glass
(2 if company's coming and you're only pretending to like them)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
20 min walk
(roughly one away mission's worth of running from something that wants you dead)
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Ingredients

  • 4–5 pieces pineapple
  • 4–5 fresh mint leaves
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • ½ cup chilled grape juice
  • ½ cup sparkling water
  • 1 tsp agave
  • Ice cubes, to serve

Steps

  1. Muddle the pineapple until juicy and broken down.
  2. Add mint and muddle only briefly to bruise the leaves.
  3. Add lime juice, grape juice, sparkling water and ice. Sweeten to taste and garnish with lime.

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Notes

Taste before the final adjustment. A recipe should guide dinner, not bully it. If it needs a little more acid, sweetness, salt or heat, make the change in small steps instead of launching the whole spice rack into orbit.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 glass
Calories 100
Burning this off: one beer-league hockey game, including the fighting.
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.0 g 0%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 0 mg 0%
Carbohydrate 24.0 g
Fibre 1.5 g 5%
Sugars 19.0 g 19%
Protein 1.5 g
Potassium 340 mg 7%
Calcium 25 mg 2%
Iron 0.4 mg 2%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
A genuinely respectable nutrition profile. No red flags here — go ahead and feel a little smug about it.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.