Mint Julep
Serves: 5
Terry Wiza
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
47
Sweetness
46
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.3
Difficulty
Ingredients:
3 cup
SugarDirections:
1
In a saucepan combine the sugar and 3/4 cup water and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved
2
Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the chopped mint, and let the mixture stand for at least 2 hours and up to 4 hours
3
Strain the syrup through a fine sieve into a jar or small bowl, pressing hard on the solids, discard the solids, and let the syrup cool
4
The syrup may be made 2 weeks in advance and kept covered and chilled
5
(The syrup will darken but this will not affect the taste
6
) For each julep fill a silver julep cup or 10-ounce glass with some of the ice, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mint syrup, to taste, and 1 1/2 ounces bourbon, and stir the julep or holding the cup at the rim rotate it back and forth very rapidly
7
(A frost will form on the outside of a silver cup
8
) Garnish each julep with 1 of the additional mint sprigs
9
In a saucepan combine the sugar and 3/4 cup water and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved
10
Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the chopped mint, and let the mixture stand for at least 2 hours and up to 4 hours
11
Strain the syrup through a fine sieve into a jar or small bowl, pressing hard on the solids, discard the solids, and let the syrup cool
12
The syrup may be made 2 weeks in advance and kept covered and chilled
13
(The syrup will darken but this will not affect the taste
14
) For each julep fill a silver julep cup or 10-ounce glass with some of the ice, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mint syrup, to taste, and 1 1/2 ounces bourbon, and stir the julep or holding the cup at the rim rotate it back and forth very rapidly
15
(A frost will form on the outside of a silver cup
16
) Garnish each julep with 1 of the additional mint sprigs