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| recipe title: |
Mint Syrup |
| category: |
Beverages |
| keywords: |
Sephardic, Syrups, Herbs, Gifts |
| servings: |
1 bottle |
| ingredients: |
8 c Mint leaves, fresh; chopped
2 1/2 c -Boiling water
8 c Sugar
3 c -Water
Green food colouring
3 tb Mint essential oil
-or mint extract
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| directions: |
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Place chopped mint leaves in a crock or deep bowl; add boiling water.
Place a flat dish over the leaves and weight it down. Allow to stand
overnight.
Bring sugar and 3 cups water to a boil and cook 10 to 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, squeeze the juice from the mint leaves; add mint juice to
the syrup, bring to a boil, cook 5 minutes and remove from heat.
Discard leaves. Add green food color to make the syrup a bright
green. Add the mint oil and stir.
Pour into sterile bottles. Refrigerate. Syrup is ready to use.
Dilute with cold water or sparkling water.
SOURCE: Sabbath chapter in _From My Grandmother's Kitchen: a Sephardic
Cookbook_ by Viviane Bichech Miner
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