The Homemade Mint Syrup Recipe.
Mint, once you have it in your garden, it grows, it grows and you don't know what to do with it.
Tired of mint infusions? Here is a recipe to turn your mint into delicious syrup.
I offer you the mint syrup recipe to make at home.
And for those who pay attention to their figure, a light recipe with powdered stevia.
Ingredients
- 300 fresh mint leaves (equivalent to 15 to 20 mint sprigs)
- 60 cl of water
- 600 g of sugar
- food coloring, if you really want the syrup to be green.
To make 100% natural, we prefer to refrain from coloring the syrup, but I prefer to prevent so that you are not surprised: the final color will approach more brown than green!
How to do
1. Hull and wash the mint leaves thoroughly in cold water. Be careful, you need at least 300 for the syrup to have an intense flavor.
2. In a saucepan, put the mint, water and sugar.
3. Bring everything to a boil over medium heat. When the mixture boils, reduce the heat to maximum to allow it to simmer for about 10 minutes. The mixture must become smooth and syrupy.
4. Take off heat and let cool. If we like to have a mint syrup (I find it prettier in my cocktails!) It's time to pour a few drops of coloring.
5. When your preparation is very cold, using a colander or a clean cloth, filter the mixture obtained by pouring it directly into a glass bottle of your choice.
Results
There you go, now you know how to make homemade mint syrup with fresh mint leaves :-)
Making your own syrup is easy, isn't it? And it is much more natural than a syrup bought in the store.
Light version
To make a lighter syrup, here is a recipe for mint syrup without sugar.
Yes, it is possible to make your own homemade mint syrup without sugar: just replace the sugar with powdered stevia.
It is a plant with ultra sweetening power (300 times more than white sugar) for zero calories that can be found in organic stores or on the internet.
So, to convert the dose of sugar used into the amount of stevia, divide by 300. Here we are using 600 g of sugar then: 600/300 = 2 g.
Yes only 2 g! It's bluffing, but it works and it ismuch healthierthan sweeteners like aspartame.
Either way, no stress, most brands offering stevia for sale provide a sugar / stevia conversion chart on their packaging.
For the "classic" syrup, the sugar being a natural preservative, the syrup can be consumed within three weeks. For the stevia version, I recommend that you consume it quickly (maximum one week).
A super low cost
Don't have mint in your garden?
- 40 g of mint: at 65 € per kilo or 2.60 €
- 600 g of sugar: at € 1.30 per kilo or € 0.78
- 2 g of stevia: at € 24.80 per kilo, i.e. € 0.05
Or a bottle of mint syrup classic version coming back to me at3.38 € or a light version at 2.65 €.
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