Amazing mint julep recipe from Paula Deen for Kentucky Derby Day

Held on the first Saturday of May each year, the Kentucky Derby will be held on May 4, 2024.

Many call these two minutes the most exciting two minutes in sports.

This is the first leg of the American Triple Crown, followed by the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.

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“During Derby Week, Louisville becomes the capital of the world,” John Steinbeck wrote several years ago.

“The Kentucky Derby is one of the most beautiful, violent and satisfying things I’ve ever experienced, whether it’s the racing, the emotion, the chaos or the explosions.”

It’s also an event that millions of people watch from their homes or local watering holes each year, and many like to drink mint juleps to commemorate (or perhaps because of) the event.

Celebrity chef Paula Deen created her own thirst-quenching mint julep recipe and graciously agreed to share it with us.

“Put on your best hat, turn on the TV, sit down listening to this great mint julep, and you’ll think you’re there!”

“If you can’t go to the Kentucky Derby, bring the Derby home,” Dean told Fox News Digital.

“Put on your best hat, turn on the TV, sit down listening to this great Mint Julep, and you’ll think you’re there!” she added.

Chef Paula Deen talks about her cookbook, At the Southern Table with Paula Deen, at Build Studio in New York City on September 22, 2017. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

This is Paula Deen’s mint julep recipe in honor of Kentucky Derby Day.

material

crushed ice

1 cup of water

1 cup sugar

1 bunch of mint

bourbon

(Prep time: 3 minutes, Cook time: 3 minutes, Yield: 3)

A horse racing participant holds a mint julep cocktail before racing during the 145th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. (Luke Charette/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Instructions

1. Add sugar and water to a small saucepan. mix.

2. Boil until sugar dissolves.

3. Soak mint in simple syrup.

4. Strain the mint from the syrup. Let cool.

5. Pour crushed ice into a julep glass.

6. Pour a few tablespoons of mint simple syrup over ice and fill a glass with bourbon.

7. Garnish with mint.

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enjoy!

“If you can’t go to the Kentucky Derby, bring the Derby home.” (Luke Charette/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Anyone can access more of Paula Deen’s recipes. pauladeen.com.

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