Culinary Uses for Mint
The information that follows is excerpted from a longer post: The Ultimate Guide to Mint. For additional information about Mint, such as its cultivation, medicinal uses, or its uses through history, please click HERE to access the complete original post. Other individual sections are listed below:
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| Making Mint Ice Cream |
The best known use for mint is in the culinary arts. It is used in the flavoring of many sweets as it blends particularly well with sugar and the flavors of chocolate, vanilla, milk and cream. It can also be used with meats, poultry, and vegetable dishes, although a little goes a long way. Mint is a common ingredient in several alcoholic drinks, too, such as the mojito, mint julep, and as the primary constituent in the liqueur creme de menthe.
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| Thin mints Girl Scout Cookies |
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| Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies |
Peppermint straight from the garden tends to be too strong for cooking. If you want to cook with peppermint, harvest only the youngest leaves, as older ones tend to be bitter. Spearmint and curly mint are better for cooking. They are milder than peppermint as they do not produce menthol. These mints enhance the flavor of meat and fish. They are especially good with veal, eggplant, white beans, black beans, lentils, cracked wheat salads, fruit salads, fruit beverages, and creamy vegetable soups.
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| Chopping Mint |
Corsican mint is a very low-growing tiny variety that is great for cooking. Some say this is the "true-blue" mint flavor. Like peppermint, Corsican mint has high levels of volatile oils.
Several recipes containing mint are listed below. Click on the links to access them.
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| Corsican Mint |
Several recipes containing mint are listed below. Click on the links to access them.
Drinks:
Salads:
Condiments:
Sides and Appetizers:
Main Dishes:
Treats and Desserts:
So much can be said about cooking with mint, but the best thing to do is to just whip out a recipe and give it a try! Please leave any questions or comments in the space below.
Peace and Love Always,
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| Mint with Meat |
Sources:
Ware, Megan. "Mint: Health Benefits, Uses and Risks." Medical News Today. Ed. Helen Webberly. Medical News Today, 16 Feb. 2016. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.
Photo Credits:
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Photo Credits:
Culinary Uses Header Image: Photo Credit: Ingredients for making hot drink with wooden board in center. Oranges, mint, lemon, ginger, honey, apple over plywood background, top view, copy space. Clean eating, detox, dieting concept by sonyakamoz
Making Mint Ice Cream: Photo Credit: Making mint ice-cream on dark wooden background by Africa Studio
Thin Mints: Photo credit: Brian Legate via Visual hunt / CC BY-ND
Thin Mints Boxes: Photo credit: MikeOliveri via Visualhunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA
Chopping Mint: Photo Credit: Chopped mint on wooden board close up by Africa Studio
Corsican Mint: Photo Credit: http://ecoorganicgarden.com.au/gardening-tips/how-to-grow-mint/
Mint with Meat: Photo Credit: Slice of raw turkey steak with herbs and tomatoes by katrinshine
Culinary Uses Header Image: Photo Credit: Ingredients for making hot drink with wooden board in center. Oranges, mint, lemon, ginger, honey, apple over plywood background, top view, copy space. Clean eating, detox, dieting concept by sonyakamoz
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