Ingredients
- 1/3 cup water
- 2/3 cup sugar, plus more for garnish
- 3 bunches mint
- 1 bottle Southern whisky
- 1 egg white
- Mint or lavender sprigs, for garnish
Directions
Make a mint flavored simple syrup by boiling water and sugar with two bunches of roughly torn and bruised mint in large sauce pot. Boil just until the sugar dissolves completely. Cool and strain the mint out of mixture.
Add bottle of whisky to the infusion. Stuff the empty whisky bottle with last bunch of fresh mint leaves and fill with the simple syrup/whiskey mixture.
Cap and put in freezer overnight. It will freeze to a slushy consistency for serving.
Glasses: dip the rim of each glass in egg white, then in sugar for a frosted appearance and chill. Fill with mint julep mixture straight from the frozen bottle and garnish with a mint or lavender sprig.
* Raw Egg Warning
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly cooked eggs due to the slight risk of salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly refrigerated, clean grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell. For recipes that call for eggs that are raw or undercooked when the dish is served, use shell eggs that have been treated to destroy salmonella, by pasteurization or another approved method.
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By marge_12843185
Safety Harbor, 48
on May 02, 2010
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These are the very best I have ever had including those at Churchill Downs! Thank you Michael for a real winner!
By loney_11183461
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on April 24, 2010
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This recipe is super-simple and fabulous!
By sharon7752002_4...
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Favorite summer drink. We make these up by the half gallon and keep them in the freezer. Pull them out and pour and you have a perfect drink for a hot summer afternoon.
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