Kumquat Mojito - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 large kumquats, sliced, seeded
2 teaspoons sugar
6 mint leaves
1 large lime, juice of
3/4 cup light rum
1 -2 cup crushed ice
3/4 cup club soda
2 sticks sugar cane, 8 inches long (optional)

Preparation

Reserve 4 kumquat slices for garnish.
Place remaining fruit slices in a large cocktail shaker.
Add the sugar, 4 of the mint leaves and lime juice.
Crush the kumquats and mint into the sugar with a bar mallet or large spoon until sugar dissolves.
Pour in the rum; shake well. Fill two tall glasses with crushed ice; strain mojito over ice.
Fill the glasses with club soda; stir lightly.
Garnish with remaining mint leaves, kumquat slices and sugar cane.