Julep Week: Meyer Lemon Julep
Author: Phillip Fryman | SouthernFATTY.com
Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1 drink
- ¼ Meyer lemon
- 1 ounce simple syrup or 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
- 2-3 mint leaves
- 3 ounces Kentucky bourbon
- mint spring, to finish
- Meyer lemon, to finish
- In bottom of chilled julep glass, add Meyer lemon quarter and sugar/syrup.
- Add mint leaves.
- Muddle lightly. Just bruise the mint, don't tear it up.
- Remove lemon from cup.
- Fill with crushed ice. Add bourbon.
- Lightly swirl and enjoy with a straw and mint sprig beside to smell the mint while drinking.
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