Blueberry mint julep
Serves: 2
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Stuart West
Blueberry mint julep
A classic cocktail at the Kentucky Derby. We’ve added a burst of sweetness with summer blueberries
Serves: 2
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
222Kcal
Fat
0gr
Saturates
0gr
Carbs
27gr
Sugars
27gr
Fibre
0gr
Protein
0gr
Salt
0gr
Spencer Lengsfield
Our Senior Food Producer Spencer was born in Los Angeles, so has an inherent love for all things Mexican, Japanese, and Korean but is also heavily influenced by her family’s Louisiana heritage. She loves spice, bright flavours, and fusion food, and she has a soft spot for a chocolate chip cookie.
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Spencer Lengsfield
Our Senior Food Producer Spencer was born in Los Angeles, so has an inherent love for all things Mexican, Japanese, and Korean but is also heavily influenced by her family’s Louisiana heritage. She loves spice, bright flavours, and fusion food, and she has a soft spot for a chocolate chip cookie.
See more of Spencer Lengsfield’s recipes
Ingredients
- 100g blueberries
- 100g granulated sugar
- 150ml water
- juice of 1 lemon
- 30g pack of mint
- crushed ice
- 100ml bourbon
To garnish
- slices of lemon
- mint sprigs
Step by step
- For the syrup, put the blueberries, sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and bubble for 10 minutes. Once the syrup coats the back of a spoon and is a deep purple colour, strain into a bowl. Stir in the lemon juice and set aside to cool.
- Tear the leaves from the 1/4 of the pack of mint and put into the bottom of 2 glass tumblers. Divide 50ml of the blueberry syrup between the glasses and gently muddle together. Top up with crushed ice and bourbon and gently stir. Garnish with slices of lemon and sprigs of mint.
