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Mint Juleps are a delicious, spirit-forward summer refreshment: bourbon and mint, lightly sweetened and served over crushed ice. Here, we’ve used Canadian whisky, black tea and fruit juice to lengthen julep flavours into a crowd-pleasing pitcher drink or punch.
Mix and match juice and fresh-fruit flavours—you could even freeze fruit into ice cubes for pretty, flavourful chilling! Play up the Southern spirit of this drink and serve with Southern-Style Chicken Nibbles.
By Charlene Rooke
INGREDIENTS
8 black tea bags
7 cups (1.75 L) water
½ cup (125 mL) roughly chopped fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
Fresh fruit (optional) such as sliced peaches, raspberries or pitted cherries
2 cups (500 mL) pulp-free orange, grapefruit or mango juice
1 cup (250 mL) Canadian whisky
PREPARATION
1. Place tea bags in a heatproof bowl or measuring cup. Boil 4 cups (1 L) water and pour boiling water over tea bags. Add ½ cup (125 mL) fresh mint, muddling/crushing the leaves to release flavour. Steep for 10 minutes. Strain through a metal sieve to remove tea bags and mint, pressing solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid/flavour as possible. Add 3 cups (750 mL) cold water to strained mixture and cool completely.
2. If using fresh fruit, lightly muddle 10-12 pieces in bottom of serving pitcher. Add cooled tea, fruit juice and Canadian whisky, and stir to combine. If using, add whole mint leaves for garnish, and 1 cup ice cubes to pitcher.
3. To serve, fill glasses with crushed or cubed ice and, if desired, add a piece of fruit and a mint leaf garnish to each glass before filling with punch.
Makes 10 servings
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