Name: Mint Julep - Party-Size
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 65 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups water; 3 cups white sugar; 4 cups fresh mint leaves, packed - divided; 3 (1.5 liter) bottles Kentucky whiskey; 5 pounds ice cubes, or as needed; 6 cups ice water, or as needed

Mint Julep - Party-Size

"We host a Kentucky Derby Party every year, and have for 10 years. When each guest arrives they are given a real Churchill Downs commemorative mint julep glass to which they then add a self-stick name tag on which they print their name. This serves as their glass, name tag, and souvenir of the party. Many still have one from each year of the party as Churchill Downs produces a new one each year!!!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Sugar and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,592 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Mint Julep - Party-Size

65 servings

Prep15 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

3 cups water
3 cups white sugar
4 cups fresh mint leaves, packed - divided
3 (1.5 liter) bottles Kentucky whiskey
5 pounds ice cubes, or as needed
6 cups ice water, or as needed

Directions

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By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Sugar + minttop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,592 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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