Mint sauce

Mint sauce
This page is about the sauce. For the cartoon strip, see Mint Sauce (cartoon strip).

Mint sauce is a sauce traditionally made from finely chopped spearmint leaves[1], soaked in vinegar, and a small amount of sugar. Occasionally, the juice from a squeezed lime is added. The sauce should have the consistency of double cream. In UK and Irish cuisine it is traditionally used as a complement to roast lamb (but usually not other roast meats) or, in some areas, mushy peas.

Mint sauce can sometimes be used in recipes in place of fresh mint. Also you could try it on toast or bread. Mint sauce can be added to yoghurt to make a mint raita. "Sweet and sour" sauces such as Mint sauce were common throughout Medieval Europe, (with the use of mint being more common in French and Italian cuisine of the period than that of the English[2]), however they became less common and mostly died out as Europe entered the Modern Era.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.herbalgardens.com/mint.html
  2. ^ The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy by Odile Redon, Françoise Sabban, Silvano Serventi, translated by Edward Schneider, University of Chicago Press, 2000, ISBN 0-226-70685-0, 9780226706856, page 107
  3. ^ http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/medieval!opendocument&startkey=medieval
  4. ^ Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650 by Ken Albala, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006 ISBN 0-313-33096-4, 9780313330964, page 15

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  • Mint sauce — Mint Mint (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi nqa, mi nqh.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See {Mentha}. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mint sauce — 1. A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Money. [Slang, Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mint sauce — noun uncount a sauce made from MINT leaves, VINEGAR, and sugar, and usually eaten with LAMB or other meat …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mint sauce — noun sweetened diluted vinegar with chopped mint leaves • Hypernyms: ↑condiment * * * mint sauce noun 1. Chopped spearmint or other mint mixed with vinegar and sugar, used esp as a sauce for roast lamb 2. Money (with pun on ↑mint2; slang) • • •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mint sauce — N UNCOUNT Mint sauce is a sauce made from mint leaves, vinegar, and sugar, which is often eaten with lamb …   English dictionary

  • Mint Sauce (cartoon strip) — Mint Sauce is a fictional character in a cartoon strip of the same name, created and drawn by Jo Burt, and published in the monthly magazine Mountain Biking UK. Mishun H. Sugworth, better known to friends and foe alike as Mint Sauce , is a… …   Wikipedia

  • mint sauce — noun A sauce, made with mint and vinegar, that is a popular accompaniment to roast lamb …   Wiktionary

  • mint sauce — UK / US noun [uncountable] British a sauce made from mint leaves, vinegar, and sugar, and usually eaten with lamb or other meat …   English dictionary

  • mint sauce — noun chopped spearmint in vinegar and sugar, traditionally eaten with lamb …   English new terms dictionary

  • mint-sauce — …   Useful english dictionary

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