Easy Mint Sauce for Lamb recipe ideas to create at home that uses only 3 ingredients and simple, goes with lamb and other meat very well.
Easy Mint Sauce for Lamb
This homemade mint sauce is made from fresh mint leaves that are chopped and soaked in sugar, vinegar. A No Bake recipe idea. It goes well with lamb and other game meats to disguise the taste. Mints health benefits improve brain function and digestive symptoms to relieving pain and good for fevers. As well as good for bad breath. Mint leaves are anti-inflammatory in nature and help improve inflammation in your digestive system. You cant go wrong with adding mint to your food or tea.
Why is mint sauce served with lamb?
In England in the medieval times mint sauce was served with lamb to disguise the game taste of the meat. Then sugar was included that made this sweeter and more popular.
What can you eat with mint leaves?
Adding mint to food and beverages as it adds variety.
Use fresh or dried herbs for the simple sauce. For dried herbs use a third of the measure for fresh herbs, that the recipe requires.
- Chocolate cake, mint essence.
- Lemonade
- Zucchini or squash soup
- lettuce salad
- Bean salad
- Lamb dishes
- Chicken dishes
- Peas and vegetable side dishes
- Tea
- Dips with yogurt.
Ingredients.
Just 3 ingredients for this easy and refreshing mint sauce for meats.
- Mint leaves, or dried.
- sugar
- vinegar
Fresh mint leaves
Sugar
Vinegar
Where do you put mint in your food?
Incredibly tasty herb.
- Adding fresh mint leaves to yogurt with berries.
- Making tea with the fresh leaves.
- Changing up you protein smoothie.
- Mixing up and changing your salads
- Mint sauces or jellies.
- Make a mint lime sizzler.
- Watermelon mint popsicles.
How To.
Firstly gather the fresh mint leaves and chop them up. Add them to a small bowl, then add the vinegar and sugar. Mix and leave to draw for up to 5 minutes.
The left over mint sauce can keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks sealed for use with meats, as well with chicken. Make a mint yogurt mix sauce for the chicken with the left over sauce.
Can I use dried mint instead of fresh mint leaves?
When cooking or baking you can use dried mint instead of fresh mint.
Dried mint are often used to rub your meats and poultry before cooking as they release their flavors slowly during cooking. It helps the meats or food by not letting the onion and garlic overpower the flavors.
Use dried mint leaves that are still the color green, in the same way you would use the fresh mint leaves. Leave stand to draw out the flavor. The ratio to go with is 1 teaspoon of dried mint to 3 teaspoons of fresh chopped mint. (rule of thumb is a third measure of dried herbs to fresh herbs for the recipe)
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PrintEasy Mint Sauce for Lamb
Easy Mint Sauce for Lamb recipe idea to create at home that uses only 3 ingredients and simple, goes with lamb and other meats very well.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 10
- Category: Condiments, Sauces
- Method: No bake
- Cuisine: English
Ingredients
Mint Sauce
- 1 bunch of Mint leaves (2/3 cup of chopped leaves) (If Using dried mint use 1/3 cup)
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 3 Tablespoons of wine vinegar
Instructions
- Chop the mint leaves finely and place in a bowl with sugar. mix well add a tablespoon of hot water and the vinegar. Mix and leave to stand for about 3 – 5 minutes.
- Place in a gravy serving bowl on the table with the meats served.
Notes
Mint sauce may last up to two weeks sealed in a fridge.
Use 1/3 of dried mint to fresh chopped mint leaves.
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