Mint Julep

Name: Mint Julep
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 60 ml bourbon; 10 pieces fresh mint sprigs; 15 ml sugar syrup; 1.5 cups crushed ice

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Prep5 min

Cook0 min

Total5 min

Bourbon over a mountain of crushed ice with mint — the drink of the Kentucky Derby, served in a frosted metal cup.

Ingredients

Serves:1

60 ml bourbon
10 pieces fresh mint sprigs
15 ml sugar syrup
1.5 cups crushed ice

Nutrition (estimated)

medium confidence

219kcal · per serving

7.5g

Protein

47.4g

Carbs

1.4g

Fat

Recipe total: 219 kcal · P 7.5g · C 47.4g · F 1.4g

Estimated from 4 of 4 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

1
Put a few mint sprigs and the sugar syrup in a julep cup and press the leaves gently against the side — do not tear or shred them, which releases chlorophyll and bitterness.
2
Add the bourbon and half fill the cup with crushed ice.
3
Churn with a bar spoon until the outside of the cup begins to frost.
4
Mound more crushed ice above the rim into a dome.
5
Slap a large bunch of mint between your palms to wake the oils and plant it in the ice.
6
Add a short straw cut so the drinker's nose sits in the mint, and serve immediately.

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