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jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 5:15 pm Post subject: Mint cordial
Would that work? Just regular garden mint, not pepper mint.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8621
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 10 6:00 pm Post subject:
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AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 9:07 am Post subject: Mint cordial

It works very well! I used 50g of watermint and put it in a bowl with the juice of a lemon. It was then pounded and 250g sugar was added. It was pounded again and left overnight to macerate. I then added 600ml of boiling water and left it for another 12 hours. After that it was simmered for a few minutes and bottled.

It tastes lovely and is a great summer drink when mixed with water. You could also use it on ice cream, or cocktails, or anything else really!

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 2400
Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 10:35 am Post subject:

AnnaD wrote:

Sounds like the recipe from Pam Corbin, which I used on some of our unknown variety of mint here. I then used it in a mint choc chip ice cream. People are complaining, though, that the mint flavour is a bit coarse ("woody").

I was going to ask what would be a better variety of mint to use,

Peter.

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 10:53 am Post subject:
It is indeed her recipe. The water mint worked very well; it produced a really nice minty flavour, not woody at all.

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