Recipes Preserves & Condiments No. 30

Fresh Mint Sauce

Name: Fresh Mint Sauce
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: large bunch fresh mint, leaves only; 1 tbsp superfine sugar; 2 tbsp boiling water; 3 tbsp white wine or cider vinegar; pinch salt

Real mint sauce takes five minutes and bears no resemblance to anything in a jar. Essential with lamb.

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Fig. 01 · Fresh Mint Sauce Preserves & Condiments

Serves

Prep

Difficulty

Easy

What you'll need

Ingredients

Serves 8

large bunch fresh mint, leaves only
1 tbsp superfine sugar
2 tbsp boiling water
3 tbsp white wine or cider vinegar
pinch salt

How it comes together

Method

Finely chop the mint leaves.
Dissolve sugar in the boiling water. Add chopped mint, vinegar and salt.
Stir and leave to stand 10 minutes before serving. Taste and adjust vinegar or sugar.

From the kitchen

Tips

Make this an hour before serving. The flavor develops as it sits.

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