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.