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Mint Juleps

Thanks to the Kentucky Derby, mint juleps are the best known—and perhaps best loved—of all Southern cocktails. The details are much debated, but the basics are these: fresh spearmint, lightly bruised; smoky-sweet bourbon; cane sugar; and crushed ice. A combination so good, there isn’t much that can be done to improve it.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 4 cocktails

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Divide 2 tablespoons natural cane sugar and 1 cup fresh mint evenly between 4 glasses and crush well with a wooden spoon, muddler, or pestle. Divide 2 cups crushed ice and 4 ounces (1/2 cup) bourbon evenly between the glasses and stir to mix well. Garnish the glasses with mint sprigs and serve cold.

Reprinted with permission from Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen: Soulful, Traditional, Seasonal by Sara Foster. Copyright © 2011 by Sara Foster. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Sara Foster is the owner of Foster's Market, the acclaimed gourmet take-out store/cafés in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the author of several cookbooks including The Foster's Market Cookbook, winner of the Best Cookbook Award from the Southeast Booksellers Association. She has appeared numerous times on Martha Stewart Living Television and NBC's Today show. She has also been featured in magazines such as More, House Beautiful, and Southern Living, and is featured regularly in Bon Appétit.
TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesBourbonWhiskeySouthernAmericanMintHerbs & SpicesEasyQuickNo-CookCookbooks
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