What to do with leaves from a mint plant?!
What to do with leaves from a mint plant?
My BF has a mint plant outside that's growing like a weed. I've never actually cooked with mint before, so I'm asking for any favorite recipes or any other uses.
Answers:
All these answers are good. Of course, mojito comes to mind first but my favorite recipe for mint is to mix equal portions of unsalted softened butter with softened cream cheese. Then mix in the mint. Spread on your favorite bread and then top with sliced cucumbers. Its a yummy tea sandwich. Sometimes I add tomatoes and sprouts too :) Mmmm...
Make a mojito!!!
Mojitos anyone?
*G*
The first thing that comes to mind is Jelly.
Minted cantaloupe.
Take a handful of stemmed mint and a 1/2 cup of white sugar .. put it into a processor until mint and sugar are combined well. Toss in bowl with cut-up cantaloupe. Let the flavors absorb for an hour in fridge.
It's easy ..
Mint goes great with lamb, and it's awesome with pureed peas.
It also freezes well.
Put it in iced tea.
Drinks - Mojito, mint julip
Dessert - Chocolate covered mint leaves, Minted whipped cream (to top other desserts)
Main - Orzo with fresh peas and a mint pesto, grilled fish with a lemon and mint sauce
The options are endless.....
Kill the plant..this plant is a pest in your yard. they grow too fast and invade other plants in your garden. The root under the ground will spread so better to kill it as soon as possible.
I grow mint just for mojitos. Here's my recipe:
10 mint leaves
juice of 1/2 lime
1 tsp sugar
2 oz. light rum
ice
7 up (soda water is traditionally used, but I like 7 up better)
Put the mint leaves, lime juice and sugar in a pint glass. Use a spoon to "muddle" the mixture. This releases the oils from the mint and also helps dissolve the sugar some. Add your rum and stir again to dissolve sugar. Fill glass with ice and top off with 7 up. Enjoy!
Go to www.allrecipes.com. You can to a recipe search by ingredient.
Make tea or iced tea. Add to desserts, and for cooking something like a roast.
u can add choped mint to pasta, its great, also can mix it with Greek yogurt and grated cucumber for starter. i would use it in mojito with lemonade, rum and sugar and lots of ice.
you can do many things with mint, but, you can't kill it!!!
I planted one last year, it took over the whole garden,,,,,,,,AND....came back this year.
But, on the good side, it is probably good to dip the leaves in melted chocolate and let harden for a sweet snack.....
First, you really do want to get that out of the yard. Mint really needs to be grown in a pot or it takes over.
Second, and most importantly... what do you do with it? No question there... Mint Julep -- my favorite summer drink. Refreshing and cool. I start drinking them the first saturday in May (Kentucky Derby of course) and don't stop until summer's close on Labor Day weekend...
Mint Julep (for a batch of them)
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Sprigs of fresh mint
Crushed ice
Kentucky Whisky (Early Times or Maker's Mark if you've got them)
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup or tall thin glass with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of whisky. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.