Fresh mint - what to do with?

anon71

My mint plants excelled themselves this year and I now have a glut of fresh mint. Apart from mint and yogurt dip, lamb koftas and way too many mojitos, I'm out of ideas of what to do with it.

I don't want to freeze it all if I can help it. I will freeze some but any ideas for using it now? ðŸ˜

Faith

Mint sauce?

Speedwell

With peas. With cucumbers, ripe tomatoes, and red onion in a salad dressed with balsamic vinegar. As a pesto. As a tisane (tea). Chew a few leaves to reduce motion sickness or relieve indigestion or sour stomach. Make a skin toner with antiseptic properties by boiling a couple handfuls of leaves gently in a couple cups of water, then straining and mixing with a little rose water and a few drops of lemon juice (store this in the refrigerator); you can also use this as a cooling body spray that helps prevent odor on warm days. Put mint in your flower bouquets to add freshness to the room.

BuffyBot

Strawberries and mint go really well together both in desserts and savoury salad combinations.

Subcomandante Marcos

Mojitos?

Get a recipe for mint sauce online, make a batch and jar it for keeping?

shar01

8oz peas
4 tbls cream
1 tbls butter
2 tbls milk

Cream & milk into saucepan.
Boil.
Add peas and butter.
Cook with lid on for 4-6 mins
Throw in mint.
Blitz with handblender to whatever consistency you like.

Freezes well.

dudara

Sabrina Ghayour has a recipe for a delicious salad of Apple, red onion, sumac and mint in her latest book.

the beer revolu

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tabbouleh_91782
I use equal parts mint and parsley and don't bother with the bulgar wheat.

Salsa Verde is lovely with any roast meat.

Make up a pot of green tea and add a bunch of mint leaves.

dee_mc

I always add some fresh chopped mint to homemade potato salad

tickingclock

It's lovely in a cous cous salad.

anon71

Brilliant ideas. Thanks a million. Can't believe I never thought of making mint sauce. I always buy it and use it with natural yogurt to make a dip when I don't have fresh mint. It would make more sense to make it. Also the mint tea, I have what I term a wibbly tummy at times, this sounds perfect.

Thanks again.

Speedwell

Make and bottle this (extract and/or liqueur) to preserve the glut for your own use or gifts: http://thethingswellmake.com/recipe/homemade-peppermint-liqueur/

chuckles30

Slightly OT......I hope you have that mint in a pot and not in your garden!! Otherwise it will really excel and take over!! I had to get rid of mine - it just took over!!

UnknownSpecies

My favourite smoothie ever has mint in it.

1 mango (no skin)
2 kiwis (no skin)
Chopped mint leaves (if you like mint, you can go heavy on it here)
1 tsp sugar/sweetener (optional)
5-6 ice cubes
200ml water

Blitz all this up in a blender and serve. Absolutely delicious.

IvyTheTerrible

You can make mint cordial with it!

tringle

Dry some for mint tea over the winter