Description

Mint jam
Very original, cheap and simple recipe for incredibly delicious and unusual jam. The taste is very delicate, and the finish is refreshing. This unusual jam can be used both independently and in tea, and if you add more raspberries... mmmmm the aroma and taste can not stand not one severe critic))) Also, this jam can be used in the preparation of alcoholic beverage.

Ingredients

  • Mint

    400 g

  • Lemon

    2 piece

  • Sugar

    1 kg

  • Water

    1 l

  • Agar-agar

    2 tsp

Cooking

step-0
Wash mint, chop along with delicate stems. Lemon scald, cut into half rings. Add to the pot, cover with water, cook for 15 minutes to Insist 12 hours.
step-1
After a lot of time squeeze and strain the infusion. Pay attention to the color! Do not believe the pictures on the Internet, on which the jam is a beautiful emerald color! Over color have to work.
step-2
Add sugar. Cook until the sugar is dissolved.
step-3
In a glass dissolve the agar-agar swells instantly. The jams add the agar agar, boil to dissolve, bring to the boil.
step-4
About color. I went in a simple way. I had food coloring. I know that there are comments about the fact that it's chemistry, etc., but with a baby in the house time is always at a premium so play with the extraction of a beautiful green color natural way I didn't want to. FOR EMERALD green NATURAL PRODUCTS: Grind 200 g parsley 200 g spinach, add water, squeeze through cheesecloth. Heated to 80 C, the liquid from the parsley and spinach. Strain through a towel, add the resulting chlorophyll in the jam. I got this color, I would like gentle.
step-5
Poured into pre-sterilized jars and close with lids.
step-6
About the alcoholic beverage. 100 ml vodka, 100 ml peppermint jam, 200 ml of Sprite. I personally do not like the smell of vodka so I replace it with white rum Bacardi. Ice, straws, umbrellas, any decorations, and the holiday was a success)))
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