mint juleps

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup roughly chopped fresh mint leaves
• 32 fluid ounces kentucky bourbon
• 8 sprigs fresh mint leaves for garnish

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 25 mins


• combine water, sugar and chopped mint leaves in a small saucepan. bring to a boil over high heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. allow syrup to cool, approximately 1 hour. pour syrup through a strainer to remove mint leaves
• fill eight cups or frozen goblets with crushed ice and pour 4 ounces of bourbon and 1/4 cup mint syrup in each. (proportions can be adjusted depending on each person's sweet tooth). top each cup with a mint sprig and a straw. trim straws to just barely protrude from the top of the cups. serve juleps on a silver platter.