Mint Julep

May 7, 2009 at 9:27 pm · Filed under Beverage

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • Fresh mint
  • Kentucky Whiskey
  • Ice

Directions:

Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight.

To make one julep, fill a julep cup or high ball with crushed ice, adding one or two tablespoon mint syrup (depending on taste) and one shot (two ounces) of Kentucky Whiskey. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

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Recipe courtesy of Official Site of the Kentucky Derby.

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