Mint Sauce.

[Grauntie Mag]

I made my own on Sunday and it was revolting! Does anyone have a foolproof recipe please.
I used a Jane Grigson recipe, hers are usually spot on. 😟

[Oma]

Love mint sauce but never tried making my own . Just a jar for us .

A strange thing about mint sauce , my DD loves it on toast , I thought it was disgusting till I tried it and it’s actually nice 😋

[Gemini]

We have lots of mint in the garden ( useful for my Pimm's 😄)
OH hates mint sauce however, so there is usually only me and I buy mint jelly.

[Grauntie Mag]

I wish I liked mint jelly, it’s too sweet for me.
Oma, that has to be tried!

[Nanto2girls]

Many years ago i made my own, but i buy the jars now.

[Gemini]

I wish I liked mint jelly, it’s too sweet for me.
Oma, that has to be tried!

Mint jelly is very sweet!

[Daisy]

Grauntie - what a pity your recipe wasn't nice.

I don't use it often so buy a jar which seems to keep for ages, but my mum always used to make her own. It was very simple - fresh mint leaves (just ordinary mint, nothing fancy like lemon or ginger or pineapple mint). Just chop them up very finely - she had a little gadget that she rolled over the leaves and it chopped them very small. Put them into a little glass jug or sauce boat. Stir in about half a teaspoon of granulated sugar, and pour on enough ordinary brown malt vinegar to cover. Leave to stand for, say, half an hour.

[Grauntie Mag]

That is similar to the recipe I used Daisy except it called for white wine vinegar. Maybe that was my undoing…..

[Gemini]

Daisy that sounds like the way my mum always made mint sauce.

[Daisy]

Grauntie - perhaps the plain old brown vinegar is better then. It's good enough for our fish and chips, after all.

[Grauntie Mag]

I will have a go. Then I will spread it on toast. Watch this space. 🫣

[Sum1Ls]

Only use apple mint and chop it very small with a Demi-lune. Add a little Demerara sugar and a mixture of lemon juice and white wine vinegar until the mint is well soaked.

[Daisy]

Sum1 - that sounds more refined than my Mum's old recipe - something I'll try. Is a demi-lune that little chopping device that you rock backwards and forwards? I've seen the tv chefs using them, but didn't know what they are called.

[Grauntie Mag]

Thanks Sum1. I have a Demi-lune but not apple mint. I feel a trip to the garden centre coming on. 😁 Pure joy.

[Daisy]

Grauntie - there's something about a good garden centre, isn't there! I'm sure it's the same feeling we had as children going into a toy shop - shelves of delight which ever way you turn.