
Mint julep
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Serves 1
Whisky cocktails don’t come much more refreshing than a mint julep. Serve over mounds of crushed ice and top with freshly picked garden mint
- Gluten-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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- 65ml bourbon
- 10 mint leaves
- 12.5ml 2:1 sugar syrup(see tip, below)
- icecubes and crushed
For the garnish
- a big mintsprig and a straw
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal187
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs9g
- sugars8g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
Shake the bourbon, mint leaves and sugar syrup with ice and strain into a highball glass or julep tin filled with crushed ice. Churn gently with a long-handled spoon and top with more crushed ice. Garnish and serve.
RECIPE TIPS
MAKE THE SUGAR SYRUP
Dissolve 200g sugar in 100ml water over a low heat. Leave to cool, then bottle. Store in the fridge for up to one week.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2017
Comments, questions and tips (2)
Overall rating
moragkitson
This is just a mojito with bourbon instead of white rum.
geofcrawford06102
So nothing like a mojito then?
Stephanie Decker
MAKE THE SUGAR SYRUP Dissolve 200g sugar in 100ml water over a low heat. Leave to cool, then bottle. Store in the fridge for up to one week.