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Recipe courtesy of Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello

Episode: No-Cook Entertaining

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Total:: 15 min
Prep:: 10 min
Cook:: 5 min

Yield:: 1 pitcher

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar, plus more for garnish
2 cups mint leaves, plus 1 bunch
2 bottles Southern whiskey
2 cups stonefruit puree (peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, etc.)
Lime wedges
Mint or lavender sprigs, for garnish

Directions

To make a mint-flavored simple syrup, begin by boiling the water and sugar with 2 cups 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 2 bottles of whiskey and fruit puree to the infusion. Pour the mixture into a large bottle or pitcher. Stuff the pitcher with the remaining bunch of fresh mint. Cap and put in freezer overnight (if using a pitcher cover with plastic wrap).

Glasses: Wipe the rim of each glass with a lime wedge, then in sugar for a frosted appearance and chill. Fill with julep mixture straight from the frozen bottle and garnish with a mint or lavender sprig.

My Private Notes

Name: Stonefruit and Mint Julep
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Yield: 1 pitcher
Ingredients: 1/2 cup water; 1 cup sugar, plus more for garnish; 2 cups mint leaves, plus 1 bunch; 2 bottles Southern whiskey; 2 cups stonefruit puree (peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, etc.); Lime wedges; Mint or lavender sprigs, for garnish