Run-For-The-Roses Mint Juleps

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
6 tablespoons	90ml	Finely-chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup	59ml	Cold water
		Crushed or finely cracked ice
		Kentucky Bourbon - to taste
4		Straws (nonflexible) - cut in half
4		Mint sprigs - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Place sugar and mint in a small bowl and mash with backside of spoon until mint leaves are crushed into paste, 2 to 3 minutes. Add water and mix well.

Add 2 teaspoons mint syrup to each glass. Fill highball glasses to top with crushed ice and pour Bourbon over ice, filling to brim. Garnish each glass with 2 short straws and mint sprig.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each serving: 153 calories; 1 sodium; 0cholesterol; 0 fat; 6 grams carbohydrates; 0 protein; 0 fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 05-03-2000

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