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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Larry the lep on July 15, 2007, 20:43

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Larry the lep on July 15, 2007, 20:43

hello all

could someone tell me how to make home made mint Sauce... please...

larry

Title: Re: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Ice on July 15, 2007, 20:53

Quote from: "Larry the lep"

hello all

could someone tell me how to make home made mint Sauce... please...

larry

quarter pint white wine vinegar
a little water
big bunch mint chopped
teaspoon of sugar

Adjust to taste.  Or do what my mum did and add chopped mint to malt vinegar.  It never did me any harm, any harm, any harm,  :?  :lol:

Title: Re: how - mint Sauce
Post by: richyrich7 on July 15, 2007, 21:32

Quote from: "Ice hockey mad"

.  It never did me any harm, any harm, any harm,  :?  :lol:

Bet you used to drink it out the bottle  :wink:  we used to have to fetch it from the chemist in an old port bottle and get a crafty swig on the way home :lol:

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Ice on July 15, 2007, 22:42

Vinegar out of the bottle RR?  There's no alcohol, so what's the point?   :shock:

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Little Miss Muffet on July 15, 2007, 22:47

i used to make it with ordenarry vinegar never used white wine vinegar will try it though

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Ice on July 15, 2007, 22:55

It's just a little bit more subtle LMM.

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: tetley on July 16, 2007, 09:44

Has anyone made mint jelly?  My husband prefers it apparently  :roll:

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: flowergirl on July 16, 2007, 09:54

my mum did ordinary vinegar, spoon of sugar and fresh mint from the garden yum

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: WG. on July 16, 2007, 09:58

Quote from: "tetley"

Has anyone made mint jelly?  My husband prefers it apparently  :roll:

Simply add gelatin to get a set (unless you are vegetarian).

Title: Re: how - mint Sauce
Post by: mushroom on July 16, 2007, 10:03

Quote from: "Larry the lep"

hello all

could someone tell me how to make home made mint Sauce... please...

larry

I don't add sugar to mine. I just chop the mint very very finely, add enough cider vinegar to make a thick gloopy slurry, then let it sit in a jar or a covered bowl for a day. Next day, take a couple of teaspoons of this, add it to 3 times the amount of cider vinegar, and use.

Steeping the chopped mint overnight allows the vinegar to extract the flavour. The concentrated mix keeps for over a week in a fridge (might keep for longer than that, it is so acidic)

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: Larry the lep on July 17, 2007, 16:40

thanks all i will try some over the weekend,

how long will it keep,

and with the jelly one how much jelly do you add???

Title: how - mint Sauce
Post by: weeeed on July 19, 2007, 20:16

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

Quote from: "tetley"

Has anyone made mint jelly?  My husband prefers it apparently  :roll:

Simply add gelatin to get a set (unless you are vegetarian).

My Mum used to make mint jelly, no need for geatine, you just cook the vinegar with the sugar and loads of chopped mint, cool and put in jars with wax etc.  The posh way to make mint sauce nowadays is with balsamic vinegar. I have to say it tastes quite yummy.