Mint Julep
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 5 ingredients
- Lump of sugar
- a teaspoon of whiskey
- Bourbon
- a sprig of mint
- Shaved ice
Method
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- Allow 1 jigger (2 ounces) bourbon or rye whiskey for each julep.
- Set tall thin glasses or silver julep cups on saucers or | a tray so that you will not have to touch them and disturb the frost as it forms.
- Set in the refrigerator or freezer compartment.
- When ready to serve, put in each glass a sprig of mint, a lump of sugar and a teaspoon of whiskey.
- Crush with a spoon.
- Fill to the brim with finely shaved ice.
- Tamp down hard.
- Pour in part of the whiskey and stir gently with a long-handled spoon.
- Add more ice, tamp down, add whiskey, and continue until the glass is full of ice, packed hard.
- Garnish with a generous bouquet of mint.
Plating
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