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Derby mint julep
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Ingredients:
SIMPLE SYRUP
2
cup
Sugar
2
cup
Water
Fresh mint, uncrushed
JULEP
Finely crushed ice
1/2
tbsp
Simple syrup
2
oz
Kentucky whiskey
Sprig of mint
Procedures:
1
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water for 5 minutes without stirring.
2
Fill a jar loosely with sprigs of fresh mint (uncrushed) and cover with the cooled syrup.
3
Cap and refrigerate 12 to 24 hours.
4
Discard the mint and make one julep at a time.
5
Fill the julep cup with finely crushed ice, pour in syrup and kentucky whiskey.
6
Frost a cup, stick in a sprig of mint and serve at once.
7
Early times is the official time-honored ingredient for derby mint juleps
