Mint Sauce, Cape Style Recipe

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Mint Sauce, Cape Style
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Ingredients
3
Count
Nutrition
122
Calories
Total time
10
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups mint leaves , ordinary garden mint, firmly packed in
  • 1 cup sugar

Directions:

  1. Have a large enough, clean glass jar with lid ready. Rinse the mint, and shake or pat dry, but water on the leaves are fine.
  2. Strip the leaves off the hard stems. Usually the soft tips can be used as is.
  3. On a cutting board put bunches together, and slice thinly with a sharp knife.
  4. Measure by packing tightly into the cup measure.
  5. Alternately, snip finely with kitchen scissors.
  6. Put the sliced mint in a jug with a pouring lip, and add the vinegar and sugar. Stir well.
  7. Do not use the sharp spirit or other white vinegar. Apple cider vinegar is healthy and white vinegars are not.
  8. I find that using sugar and vinegar on a 50-50 basis usually gives the right tang, but do taste and tweak! Do not worry about the amount of sugar: you use only about 1 dessertspoon of the sauce as a serving.
  9. Ladle or pour the lot into a large enough bottle. The sugar will take time to dissolve, so can be kept on the kitchen counter and shaken a few times, before it goes to the fridge.
  10. If the mint gets used up and there's quite a bit of the vinegar-sugar still left in the bottle, simply slice more fresh mint and add.
  11. (The mint will lose its fresh green colour to an extent, which is normal).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 121.87 Kcal (510 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 18.15mg 1%
Potassium 337.56mg 7%
Total Carbs 25.92g 9%
Sugars 19.6g 78%
Dietary Fiber 5.92g 24%
Vitamin C 17.7mg 30%
Vitamin A 3mg 99%
Iron 354.9mg 1972%
Calcium 118.5mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 102.31 Kcal (428 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 15.23mg 1%
Potassium 283.38mg 7%
Total Carbs 21.76g 9%
Sugars 16.45g 78%
Dietary Fiber 4.97g 24%
Vitamin C 14.9mg 30%
Vitamin A 2.5mg 99%
Iron 297.9mg 1972%
Calcium 99.5mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.6
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium,
  • cholesterol free,
  • high fiber

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