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- Conserve peppermint - how it works!
- With these methods you make peppermint durable
- Dry peppermint
- Freeze peppermint
- Put peppermint in oil
- Prepare pesto
- Cook mint jelly
- Tips & Tricks
Conserve peppermint - how it works!
If the peppermint has been very large, it is worth preserving leaves and stems. For this, the whole stems or only the leaves are dried or frozen. But peppermint can also be processed well with oil or pesto.
With these methods you make peppermint durable
Dry peppermint
Peppermint can be stored best when dried. The preservation process takes place gently, so that the flavorings remain largely intact. However, dried peppermint does not look very decorative anymore.
The dried herb can be brewed as tea or sprinkled over food.
Freeze peppermint
When freezing many ingredients are lost and the peppermint does not taste as aromatic as, for example, in a dried state.
Frozen peppermint is added to the food without leaking or sprinkled over lettuce.
Put peppermint in oil
Home-made peppermint oil tastes fruity and fresh. However, it contains too few active ingredients to be used as a healing oil.
Mice, however, are quite easily deterred with peppermint oil. Drip a few drops into aisles or mouse holes and expel the pests in this way.
Prepare pesto
For pesto, you should use the peppermint along with other herbs. The proportion of peppermint should not predominate here, because the strong aroma of condiment drowns other aromas. The pesto tastes fruity and gets a light, pleasant sharpness. It stays in the fridge for a long time.
Cook mint jelly
Mint jelly is not just a refreshing sweet spread. The peppermint jelly can also be served well with fried foods.
For the preparation, boil water, turn off the heat and put a bunch of mint in it for a long time.The broth is then poured through a sieve, mixed with apple juice and then processed with sugar into jelly.
Airtight, mint jelly keeps for several months.
Tips & Tricks
Peppermint tastes best fresh. As a herb you can use it very well as a substitute for parsley. This gives the food and drinks a more fruity and fresh flavor. In addition, fresh peppermint leaves on desserts or in cocktails very decorative.
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