Mint Delights
Spring's in full swing and that "polar event" is a dim memory. Mints are having a banner season, right in time for the Kentucky Derby with its famous drink.
With a good supply of the fragrant green, I'm looking at expanded option beyond the standard Julep and Mojito. Mouth-watering finds follow here, for Spring and Summer refreshment and celebration.
Awaiting my very local blackberry harvest!
Blackberry Mojito
½ cup fresh blackberries
¼ cup raw sugar
6 large mint leaves
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon lime juice
4 fluid ounces lemon-lime-flavored carbonated beverage (such as 7UP®), or as needed
2 fluid ounces vodka
4 cubes ice, or as desired
Combine blackberries, raw sugar, mint leaves, lemon juice, and lime juice in a tall glass; muddle until mint leaves and blackberries are slightly crushed. Add lemon-lime beverage and vodka. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; add blackberry mixture. Cover shaker and shake; pour into a glass.
(Source: All Recipes)
A very easy one, from Martha Stewart.
Cucumber-Mint G&T
Fill a glass with ice. Pour gin over ice, top off glass with tonic, stirring once, and garnish with remaining mint sprig and thin cucumber wedge.
How about a pantry project for a rainy day, curtesy of Serious Eats.
DIY Creme de Menthe Recipe
Take the additional 1/2 cup of mint leaves, tear them, and add them to the jar. Shake and let steep for 10 hours.
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