Mint Juleps

Cocktail - Drinks

Sit on the front porch in your rocking chair on a sultry afternoon and sip on one or two of these. The proper way to serve a mint julep is in a frozen silver goblet, but you can use glasses instead--just use the most elegant ones you have! You can make the syrup ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator for whenever the julep mood strikes you.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 25 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Mint Juleps

Ingredients

2 cups water

2 cups white sugar

½ cup roughly chopped fresh mint leaves

32 fluid ounces Kentucky bourbon

8 sprigs fresh mint leaves for garnish

Lemon Drop

Drinks

Directions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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.

Nutritional Information

Mint Juleps

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 473

% Daily Value *

Protein: 0.1g

Carbohydrates: 50.3g 17%

Dietary Fiber: 0g

solublefiber: 0g

insolublefiber: 0g

Sugars: 50g

monosaccharides: 0g

disaccharides: 0g

othercarbs: 0.1g

Fat: 0g

Saturated Fat: 0g

monoFat: 0g

polyFat: 0g

transfattyacid: 0g

Cholesterol: 0mg

water: 134.4g

ash: 0.1g

Vitamin A Iu: 56.6IU 1%

Vitamin are: 5.7RE

Vitamin acarotenoid: 5.7RE

Vitamin aretinol: 0RE

Vitamin acarotene: 34mcg

Vitamin B1Thiamin: 0mg

Vitamin B2riboflavin: 0mg

Vitamin B3niacin: 0mg

Niacin Equivalents: 0mg

Vitamin B6: 0mg

Vitamin B12: 0mcg

Vitamin C: 2.9mg 5%

Vitamin diu: 0IU

Vitamin dmcg: 0mcg

Vitamin ealphaequivalents: 0mg

Vitamin eiu: 0IU

Vitamin emg: 0mg

Folate: 5.1mcg 1%

Vitamin k: 0mcg

pantothenicacid: 0mg

boron: 15mg

Calcium: 11.2mg 1%

copper: 0mg 1%

fluoride: 48.6mg

Iron: 0.2mg 1%

Magnesium: 0.6mg

manganese: 0.1mg 4%

phosphorus: 6.7mg 1%

Potassium: 12.1mg

selenium: 0.3mcg

Sodium: 3mg

zinc: 0mg

40butyric: 0g

60caprioc: 0g

80caprylic: 0g

100capric: 0g

120lauric: 0g

140myristic: 0g

160palmitic: 0g

180stearic: 0g

161palmitol: 0g

181oleic: 0g

201eicosen: 0g

221erucic: 0g

182linoleic: 0g

183linolenic: 0g

184stearidon: 0g

204arachidon: 0g

205epa: 0g

225dpa: 0g

226dha: 0g

omega3fattyacid: 0g

omega6fattyacid: 0g

alanine: 0g

arginine: 0g

cystine: 0g

glycine: 0g

histidine: 0g

isoleucine: 0g

leucine: 0g

lysine: 0g

methionine: 0g

phenylalanine: 0g

proline: 0g

serine: 0g

threonine: 0g

tryptophan: 0g

tyrosine: 0g

valine: 0g

alcohol: 40g

caffeine: 0mg

energy: 471.5

asparticacid: 0g

glutamicacid: 0g

Thiamin: 0mg 1%

riboflavin: 0mg 1%

chromium: 0.3mcg

pyramidFat: 0

exchangeothercarbs: 0

pyramidvegetables: 0

exchangevegetables: 0

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.