Crème De Menthe

Crème De Menthe

Crème De Menthe

1
Servings

15m
Prep Time

90d
Cook Time

29d 15m
Ready In

Recipe: #27133

August 03, 2017

Categories: Beverages, Alcohol, Entertaining, Vegetarian, Herbs more

recipe by:
Fizzybrat

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recipe by:
Fizzybrat

"This is very sweet and minty. Great in mixed drinks. Makes 1 quart"

Original recipe yields 1 serving

Metric US

Ingredients

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1 1/4 cups fresh peppermint leaves (mint leaves, slightly packed)
3 cups vodka
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water

1 teaspoon glycerin (optional)
8 drops green food coloring (optional)
2 drops blue food coloring (optional)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (1368.2 g)
Calories 3134
Total Fat - 0.6 g
Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 40 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 409.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 5.1 g
Sugars - 399.2 g
Protein - 2.4 g
Calcium - 166.6 mg
Iron - 3.5 mg
Vitamin C - 20.4 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step 1

Wash leaves in cold water several times.

Step 2

Shake or pat gently dry.

Step 3

Snip each leaf into halves or thirds. Discard stems. .

Step 4

Combine leaves and vodka and steep for 2 weeks shaking occasionally.

Step 5

Strain out leaves.

Step 6

Boil sugar and water together, cool and add to vodka mixture

Step 7

Add optional ingredients if you want.

Step 8

Age 1 to 3 months.

Tips & Variations

No special items needed.

Tags : Beverages Alcohol

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