Here is the recipe: 1 cup mint leaves 2 cups vinegar (malt or apple cider is best... but try different ones to your taste) Salt to taste (I use 1 tbsp) Sugar to taste (I use 3 tbsp) Waterbath or steam preserving time - 20mins

I’ve never seen this made before. I’ll try it this summer. Thanks for sharing

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

That is so wonderful it has inspired you to give it a go 💗

Great video, many put a few drops of food colouring into the mixture but I like the way it looks in it's more natural state.🍃🌱🍃

@rachelannlowe1

Жыл бұрын

Particularly for gifting I can see that would be a great idea, as it would look much more like what people are used to commercially.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Great tip for the green colour associated with mint sauce...and especially for gifting 🎁 👌

I have a green funnel like that, that I use for lots of other uses like when I need to decant flour into a jar, etc. ☺️ I’ve got that same green canning kit! 😁 Love from 🇨🇦

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

10 ай бұрын

Canada seems like such a wonderful place. There seems to be a lot of similarities in the Australian and Canadian lifestyles. That canning kit really is a wonderful one. Im so glad I bought it all those years ago. But I hadn't thought of using it for things like flour. Thanks so much for the idea! 😀

Excellent video much appreciated thank you

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

6 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed Evelyn 😀

I just watched this video too, such a simple recipe. I’ll try this one too! You have a great way of explaining everything, well done!

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch Tina. I love that it is simple enough to even do fresh.

Love mint sauce on lamb and especially on goat - lamb sauce and garlic is the best. Excellent will give this a go.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Ooohhh. When we have had access to goat, hubby usually does curry. Roasted with mint sauce sounds pretty yum.

G'day. That was great and this style of mint sauce is just so good on a lamb roast. I can just imagine the smell when you first pot the jar open. Well done and all the best. Daz.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

You are so spot on about that smell when you crack a jar 😀 . It is so good. And I love how it tastes like it smells.

Hi guys! Oh loved this recipe! I steam seal my jars too 👍 loved the tea towel tip!! Awesome video guys, very informative!! 🙌🏼🌻💝💐 much love Anita xx

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Anita. Go steam canners!!! 😁

@flowerfolkfarm3553

Жыл бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus 🙌🏼🤣🙌🏼

I usually make ours fresh without sugar but this looks like a great recipe to get a jump on mint sauce for the year. Awesome video.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Fresh is definitely great and I love that you can use any vinegar regardless of acidity to do so. But on hand in the cupboard and then in the fridge is handy. And we do get times up here whete the mint dies back. Given you are up in the Ranges too, does your also die back?

@UrbanHomesteadArtist

Жыл бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus I have had it die in the past when I wasn't in the garden. Now I am I will see. It is thriving now but I will make sure it doesn't et wet feet in winter. I can put my pots in the hothouse too or next to the door on the verandah.

Brilliant. We don’t eat loads of lamb but I have so much mint. I’m dehydrating a massive amount but I think I’ll make some mint sauce now! From Melbourne

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

That is so wonderful that it has inspired you to have a go at making some 💕 We are just out of Melbourne, in the Dandenong Ranges.

@kateymateymusic1

Жыл бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus Me too....I am in Mt Evelyn :)

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

@@kateymateymusic1 not so far at all 😀

I’ve been waiting for this one 🥰 thank you for sharing. I will definitely be doing this and trying the water bath. To have with Lamb in March😉

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

It will be beautifully infused by March 😀

@MyAussieGardenKitchen

Жыл бұрын

Maybe skip Kale with your lamb roast. 😂

@simplyoffgrid-australia

Жыл бұрын

@@MyAussieGardenKitchen I think Kale would go really well with it🤣😂🤣. You crack me up Daz!

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Hehe Daz 🤣😂🤣😂 Although the 'Simply Off Grid kale aftermath solution smoothie' looks pretty delish 😁

Looks great, I have 5 different types of mint growing. Like you, mine got flooded and I thought they were done but nope they came back. When I first started water bath canning, I too used a tea towel in the bottom of a pot but these days I prefer steam canning.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

5 different varieties sounds wonderful. And I am totally with you on steam canning.... I LOVE it. Such a game changer for simple preserving 😀

@catherinekelly4045

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have chocolate, pineapple, banana, lemon and peppermint varieties, I just love walking around the garden rubbing the leaves.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

@Catherine Kelly it must be wonderful drinking mint tea at your place 😀 . I have 3 of those, but have never heard of banana nor lemon.

@catherinekelly4045

Жыл бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus yes wonderful for tea's. The banana one smells exactly like the banana lollies. I like to dehyrate all the mints and infuse in crean, custards and of course tea.

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

@@catherinekelly4045 I am now totally on the lookout for banana mint!!! Thanks so much for your share 😀

I might be one of those people that should plant mint in the ground so it has at least a chance to survive. Lol. I barely keep mine alive and I love mint jelly on lamb. This sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing lovely ❤

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Our mint so nearly didn't survive this past year. It's usually rock solid. But my goodness what a year it has been for growing on the East coast!

Excellent video, I will be using this recipe. I have a Fowlers vacola unit so I assume I could also use in the FV ?

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comment. As I don't currently use FV, I reached out to the wonderful Australian FV FB group. Response from Group Admin is that this recipe can be preserved with Fowlers method.

@ourstoneycreekjourney5702

Жыл бұрын

@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus wonderful, thanks so much for following that up. 😊

Where. Do you get those jars from.what are they called

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

2 ай бұрын

Hi Elizabeth, these are Weck jars. I absolutely love them for sauces, syrups and cordials.

Can I please ask how long is it shelf stable for. I love this recipe, now l need to grow mint

@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus

Жыл бұрын

Canning guidelines say home preserves should be used within a year. However, many (including myself) keep jars on the shelf longer. So long as the seals remain good and the food was processed properly, the only risk is that the quality can deteriorate over time. And in a vinegary sauce like this where the mint is already broken down, a change like a texture change is unlikely. In saying that, I do tend to use up most of my preserves each year. But I would like to start getting a year ahead, so I have a buffer for years of poor harvest.