As you might noticed before I like cocktails. In my opinion this years trend is bourbon and gin and for me the cocktail of the year is the julep! A julep isn’t a just a julep. It should be something extraordinary, too, so I created this pineapple julep with mint sugar! So delicious!
I think pineapple is just the perfect juice for cocktails and mint is such a great herb, which is growing like weed on my balcony. Only the bourbon was unfamiliar for me. But I always wanted to try it, I already like the word itself ;).
Do you know the julep, anyway? A julep is like a mojito, but with bourbon instead of rum ;). Mint, sugar, bourbon and ice, maybe some soda. But that’s a bit boring for me. The zing is missing. And so I created this freshed up version with pineapple juice and mint sugar.
So if the summer isn’t coming to us, I’ll bring the summer to you!
One year ago: pizza with nectarines, mozzarella & reduced balsamico
Two years ago: salade niçoise
Three years ago: purple rice pudding
Four years ago: couscous avocado salad
Pineapple Julep with Mint Sugar
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp mint sugar (recipe below)
- 4 cl bourbon whiskey
- 6 cl pineapple juice
- 4 Tbsp crushed ice
- soda, to your taste
Add the mint sugar to a tumbler, add whiskey and pineapple juice. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the crushed ice and enjoy!
If you want add a splash of soda water to thin the julep down and add a bit of spritz.
Mint Sugar
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 75 g sugar
Rinse the mint and spin it dry. Pluck the leaves from the stems.
Using a food processor to grind the sugar with the mint leaves, until the mint is chopped very very small and you have a green uniform mint sugar.
