mint sauce

[stevie-p]

I have mint growing in the garden and want to make my own sauce for lamb dinners,what else do i need and how..please thanks.

[Mortartube]

A little vinegar and some sugar, is the most basic sauce. add the chopped mint and adjust with sugar to tatse

[pookie26]

Stevie - try and use a vinegar that's quite light - perhaps a light malt vinegar.

Rough measurents would be 2 teasoons sugar, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1 tablespoon mint.
Mix all the ingreadients in a bowl. Don't blend.

[rhona_j]

I trawlled the web a few weeks ago to get a recipe for mint sauce, tried one and made a complete mess of it.
I never actually got tround to trying it again, (I will have to soon, the mint's about to take over!) but my advice would be to add each ingredient a really small amount at a time, that way it won't turn out too sweet, too vinegary or too runny!
Good luck, hope it turns out better than mine!

[rhona_j]

Sorry, meant to say too, when chopping the mint, sprinkle a little sugar over, it's supposed to help it keep the intense green colour.

[bookermel]

This is the way my mum always made mint sauce. Finely chop enough mint to half fill a warm glass (1/2 pt tumbler) put in about two teaspoons of sugar pour over enough boiling water to disolve down the sugar and just cover the mint (which will shrink down a bit) and then top with a good light vinigar (wine, cider or light malt) to taste it is really nice with new potatoes and lamb but a different to what you buy in a jar!

[nickmo]

4 good handfuls fresh chopped mint - no stalks, leaves only - about 3tsp sugar and 4 tbsp wine vinegar. Mix and allow to steep.

Suggest do not use cider vinegar or other flavoured vinegars as this will mask the mint, but it depends on your own tastes