Guest guest Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Hi all! My mother just gave me tons of dried peppermint, which she harvested and dried this summer in Spain. It is nice green, and smells nice, minty and sweet. Now my question: what do I do with it besides making tea? Anyone ideas? Love, Saskia In Belgium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 You could make mint sauce for your roast lamb or cutlets. 1-2 tblsp dried mint. 1/4- 1/2 cup sugar or substitute. 1/4-1/2 cup vinegar, white or brown (we always use brown) about 1 cup boiling water. pour the boiling water over the mint and sugar to dissolve and allow to steep. add the vinegar to taste, it is a delicious accompiament to lamb as a sauce or jellied or used into he gravy. MINT Toffee's. steep some mint in boiling water to get the flavour and strain, keeping the liquid. It only needs about 1/2 cup hot water. Add to a clean pan 1 cup sugar and 1 cup glucose or just 2 cups of sugar. (A tblsp of honey makes it really yummy.) Add the liquid from the mint and just a few drops of vinegar (wh or Br). Dissolve the sugar in he liquid whilst heating slowly, making sure the sugar doesn't go onto the sides of the pan and then bring to the boil. Boil until it starts to colour, and cook for around 5 min. Never stir once it is boiling or it will turn sugary and be ruined. cook until the required hardness is reached, i.e. soft ball or hardball. Test by dropping a little from a spoon into some ice cold water, if it sets it is getting ready, if it makes a crack sound it is at hard crack stage and ready to go. Turnoff the heat and allow to cool slightly to allow air bubbles to settle and then pour into greased patty pans or cup cake tins, alternatively allow to sit until it starts to thicken and drop teaspoons onto a greased/wax papered baking tray so they are little round lozenges about the size of a boiled lolly or hard candy (traffic lights we called them as kids) or use a candy mould or whatever to get the desired pieces. Sometimes I just pour it into a metal ice tray and then crack it out into pieces. Scoring it before it hardens completely can make it break into perfect squares. You can use this recipe to make mint, cinnamon, anise, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, Garam Masala, Eucalyptus, orange, etc by using either the fresh herb/spice or by adding small quantities of essential oils. A very refreshing treat. LOL Leslie - " Saskia Van Besauw " <Saskia.VanBesauw Friday, February 16, 2007 1:48 AM dried peppermint > Hi all! > > > > My mother just gave me tons of dried peppermint, which she harvested and > dried this summer in Spain. It is nice green, and smells nice, minty and > sweet. Now my question: what do I do with it besides making tea? Anyone > ideas? > > > > Love, > > > > Saskia > > In Belgium > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 >MINT Toffee's. Hey Leslie! What a great recipe! I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks a lot! Love, Saskia .. <http://geo./serv?s=97359714/grpId=2070936/grpspId=1705162397/msgId =46288/stime=1171875444/nc1=3848650/nc2=4025302/nc3=3848641> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi Saskia, Dried peppermint is a lovely addition to potpourri . . . Stuff it in old socks and leave in shoes to refresh them. Sprinkle around areas where you want to repel mice (add a little mint essential oil, too, for a more powerful repellant). Use it as a respiratory herb in boiled water for inhalation steam. Flavor wines and sauces. I make this great salad with fresh peppermint added to grated carrots and currents with fresh squeezed lemon juice. Very simple, but absolutely delicious. You probably could use dried peppermint, as well. You also could tincture some to have around as a quick stomach soother, added to water to ingestion. Probably lots more ideas out there . . . Be Well, Marcia Elston http://www.wingedseed.com http://www.aromaconnection.org " Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. " Hausa Saying from Nigeria ________________________________ On Behalf Of Saskia Van Besauw Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:48 AM dried peppermint Hi all! My mother just gave me tons of dried peppermint, which she harvested and dried this summer in Spain. It is nice green, and smells nice, minty and sweet. Now my question: what do I do with it besides making tea? Anyone ideas? Love, Saskia In Belgium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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