Mint Julep

Name: Mint Julep
Prep time: 9 h 15 min
Cook time: 9 h 15 min
Total time: 9 h 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 egg white; 1 sprig Mint or lavender , for garnish; 3 bunches mint; 158 milliliters sugar, plus more for garnish; 79 milliliters water; 1 bottle Southern whisky

Mint Julep is a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 1. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 543 calories. Head to the store and pick up egg white, mint, lavender sprigs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 9 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

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.

Ingredients you will need

Simple Syrup

Sauce

Sugar

Water

Mint

Equipment you will use

Pot

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.

Ingredients you will need

Fresh Mint

Simple Syrup

Whiskey

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.

Ingredients you will need

Egg Whites