Simple and healthy mint sauce to blend and serve with lamb instead of the typical sugary mint jellies with artificial colors and toxic additives.
The primary purpose of the traditional practice of serving mint with lamb is to cut the strong flavor of the meat.
If you’ve ever enjoyed lamb or the even stronger-tasting mutton before, you know that the flavor is quite unique compared with other red meats like beef and buffalo.
The mint is also highly beneficial for assisting digestion of what is a typically heavy meal.
Unfortunately, this traditional, enzyme, and probiotically-active sauce has become modernized into green, sugary mint jelly that is, without exception, best avoided!
My husband’s British Mum served a simple and ancestrally-inspired mint sauce with roast lamb when he was growing up that is far healthier to enjoy and quite easy to make!
Give it a try the next time you enjoy roast or slow-cooked lamb.
I will be serving this sauce as a condiment with grilled rack of lamb for Easter dinner!
Mint Sauce
Simple and healthy mint sauce to blend and serve with lamb instead of the typical sugary mint jellies with artificial colors and toxic additives.
Instructions
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Rinse and dry the mint on a clean towel. and remove the mint leaves from the stems.
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Remove the mint leaves from the stems and finely chop by hand. *Do not use a food processor as it doesn’t work as well.
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Pour the boiling hot water over the chopped leaves in a bowl.
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Let the leaves steep in the hot water for 20 minutes.
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Stir in the cider vinegar, sea salt and finely ground pepper.
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Serve immediately if desired. Alternatively, pour the sauce into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate overnight to allow the flavors to blend further. Stir before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Mint Sauce
Amount Per Serving (1 tbsp)
Calories 1
% Daily Value*
Potassium 7mg0%
Carbohydrates 0.1g0%
Fiber 0.1g0%
Protein 0.1g0%
Calcium 3mg0%
Iron 0.2mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
