Mint sauce

Name: Mint sauce
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30g fresh mint leaves, very finely chopped; 2 tsp caster sugar; 3 tbsp boiling water; 3 tbsp white wine vinegar; 0.25 tsp salt

A sharp, sweet mint sauce for roast lamb, ready in five minutes. Much better than anything from a jar.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.20 a head

6 servings

Ingredients

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30 gfresh mint leavesvery finely chopped
2 tspcaster sugar
3 tbspboiling water
3 tbspwhite wine vinegar
¼ tspsalt

Method

1
Put the mint on a board with half the sugar and chop very finely.
2
Tip into a small bowl, add the remaining sugar and the boiling water and stir until the sugar dissolves.
3
Stir in the vinegar and salt.
4
Leave for 10 minutes before serving so the flavours mingle.
10 min

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