Mint Julep

Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Low Fod Map
Mint Julep
555 min.
1
540kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  •  egg white 
  • serving lavender sprigs for garnish
  • bunches mint leaves 
  • 0.7 cup sugar plus more for garnish
  • 0.3 cup water 
  • bottle southern whisky 

Equipment

  • pot

Directions

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Cap and put in freezer overnight. It will freeze to a slushy consistency for serving.
  4. 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.

Nutrition Facts

Calories540kcal
Protein2.66%
Fat0.97%
Carbs96.37%

Properties

Glycemic Index
85.09
Glycemic Load
93.08
Inflammation Score
-4
Nutrition Score
3.2830434856207%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
3.71mg
Hesperetin
1.22mg
Apigenin
0.65mg
Luteolin
1.52mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:540.32kcal
27.02%
Fat:0.6g
0.92%
Saturated Fat:0.03g
0.18%
Carbohydrates:134.92g
44.97%
Net Carbohydrates:133.96g
48.71%
Sugar:133.28g
148.09%
Cholesterol:0mg
0%
Sodium:58.8mg
2.56%
Alcohol:0.36g
100%
Alcohol %:0.18%
100%
Protein:3.73g
7.46%
Vitamin B2:0.19mg
11.12%
Vitamin A:512.76IU
10.26%
Selenium:6.8µg
9.71%
Manganese:0.15mg
7.49%
Vitamin C:3.94mg
4.77%
Iron:0.72mg
4%
Fiber:0.96g
3.84%
Folate:14.88µg
3.72%
Calcium:37.16mg
3.72%
Copper:0.07mg
3.42%
Potassium:119.86mg
3.42%
Magnesium:13.69mg
3.42%
Phosphorus:13.29mg
1.33%
Vitamin B3:0.24mg
1.18%
Zinc:0.16mg
1.09%