Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 0 minutes | Total Time: 5 minutes | Serves: One
Ingredients:
- 1/2 ounce superfine sugar
- 1 ounce hot water
- 7 mint leaves plus one mint sprig
- 1 1/2 ounces Cognac
- 1/2 ounce Rye
Directions:
- In an old-fashioned glass or julep cup, dissolve sugar in water.
- Add mint leaves and press lightly with a spoon.
- Add spirits, fill glass with finely crushed ice and stir.
- Poke a straw and mint sprig into julep and serve.
Notes:
If you live in the South, this is just something you should know how to do. Plus, everyone likes giving julep cups as a graduation gift.
This recipe is adapted from David Wondrich. First published in Harper’s Monthly in 1857, where Mr. Wondrich wrote that this was “the tastiest mint julep recipe I know.”