Citrus Julep
- Ready In:
- 1hr 21mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
directions
- Scrub the fruit and use a zester or sharp knife to scrape slivers of rind from each. Set the fruit aside.
- Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a quick boil.
- Add zest, turn heat to low and simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off heat, and allow to cool.
- Put mint leaves in a quart jar and use the back of a wooden spoon to bruise them slightly, releasing the fragrance.
- Pour syrup, including the zest, over the leaves, and steep for 1 hour.
- Juice the lime, orange and lemon, and strain into a pitcher. Pour the mint syrup through the strainer as well, using the back of the spoon to press the captured mint leaves and zest to extract remaining juices.
- For each person, fill an 8-ounce glass or julep cup with ice. Pour 3 ounces of bourbon into each, then top off with the mint syrup.
- Serve with short straws and a garnish of mint.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!