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Mint Julep

From The church cook book (1908).

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A historical recipe

The church cook book (1908).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a teaspoonful of powdered sugar

Method

  1. Place in a tall glass several long sprigs of fresh mint, strip 2 other sprigs of mint and place them in a mixing glass, add a teaspoonful of powdered sugar.
  2. Crush the mint leaves, add a wine glass of whisky, stir and strain into the original glass.
  3. Sprinkle a little sugar over the leaves, add some powdered ice, and serve with a straw.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From The church cook book (1908), printed page 160, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/churchcookbook00balt

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.