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Real mint sauce

Real mint sauce
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
no cooking required
Serve
Serves 4

Mint grows so freely that once you know the trick you never need buy mint sauce again. Blanching the mint with boiling water helps to dissolve the sugar and to keep the colour in the mint leaves. This will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

By James Martin

From Housecall

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Strip off the mint leaves, sprinkle with salt and chop finely.

  2. Place into a jug, add the sugar and pour over the boiling water, stir and leave to cool.

  3. Stir in the vinegar and taste.

  4. Add more water or vinegar and adjust seasoning to suit your taste.