Mint Sauce
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
45 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups fresh mint (finely chopped, divided)
- 1 ½ cups water
- 3 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ¾ cup Cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice (strained)
- 2 Jalapeño (peppers)
- 1 liquid, fruit Pectin
Preparation steps
1.
To sterilized the canning jars you can run the jars through a short cycle in a dishwasher.
2.
Bring 1 1/2 cups mint and water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 30 minutes to steep. Strain through a lined sieve pressing with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible; discard mint.
3.
Combine mint liquid, sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, and peppers in a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan. Bring to a full boil over high heat and boil hard for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in pectin and remaining mint.
4.
Ladle into sterilized jars to within 1/4" from the top and seal.
