Fresh cantaloupe and sliced ginger gives this tasty cocktail a sweet and spicy flavour.

Ingredients

• 4 thin slices ginger, peeled
• 1/4 cup cantaloupe, peeled and diced
• Handful of mint leaves
• 2 oz Havana Club 3-year-old rum
• 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/5 oz simple syrup
• Sprig of mint for garnish

Directions

1 Muddle the ginger and cantaloupe in a mixing glass.

2 Add the mint, rum, lemon juice and simple syrup.

3 Add crushed ice and pour into a cocktail shaker.

4 Shake hard. Strain into a tall glass over crushed ice.

5 Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Makes 1 cocktail.