Mint

Used in 4 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Mint, on this page, means fresh mint as leaves and sprigs, for these recipes the common garden spearmint: sweet and cool, with a clean menthol lift that is gentler than peppermint. Its flavour sits in oils that bruise easily, so the leaves are pressed rather than shredded in a Mojito, muddled lightly with sugar and lime to release their scent without tearing them into bitter green flecks. A sprig on top of a Zombie is there for the nose as much as the eye. Store a bunch upright in a glass of water in the fridge, loosely bagged, and it keeps for a week.

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Recipes with mint

Kvass — shot from directly overhead: a lightly fermented drink made from dried dark rye bread

Kvass

A lightly fermented drink made from dried dark rye bread, sugar and yeast, sour and faintly sweet.

42 hr 40 minServes 8

BasicsRussianVegan

Lemony Chickpea and Herb Salad — shot from directly overhead: chickpeas dressed while they are still warm so they drink the lemon and oil

Lemony Chickpea and Herb Salad

Chickpeas dressed while they are still warm so they drink the lemon and oil, then turned through parsley, mint and dill by the handful.

30 minutesFresh herbsSide dishes

by dapperpelican

Mojito — shot from directly overhead: mint pressed rather than pounded

Mojito

Mint pressed rather than pounded, with white rum, lime and soda over crushed ice, so it tastes of the leaf and not of the stalk.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Zombie — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Zombie

Three rums, two juices, falernum and absinthe over crushed ice — the strongest drink on any tiki menu, and built to taste as though it is not.

15 minutesAmericanCitrus