Cooking with mint

The perfect summer herb, mint is cooling and refreshing and adds a zing to any dish, sweet or savoury. Try some of these recipes using mint.

Cooking with mint

Mint is available all year round but best in the warmer months. Originally used as a medicinal herb to treat stomach aches and chest pains it is now a kitchen staple. Use it to make mint sauce to serve with lamb or mint tea for a refreshing after dinner drink. The leaves can be added to cooking water for a refreshing minty taste or the use the full leaf in salads, stir fries and pasta dishes. Try some of these zingy mint recipes.

After dinner minty chocolate mousse

After dinner minty chocolate mousse

Mint works perfectly in puddings, such as this after dinner minty chocolate mousse.

Fresh pineapple with crushed mint and lime sugar

Fresh pineapple with crushed mint and lime sugar

A healthy fruit salad recipe with a hint of fresh mint.

Lamb with real mint sauce and roasted tomatoes

Lamb with real mint sauce and roasted tomatoes

Whip up your own mint sauce – this rack of lamb recipe will love you for it.

Mint pesto mash

Mint pesto mash

A clever mash recipe for a special dinner.

Roast chicken with minted broad beans and feta

Roast chicken with minted broad beans and feta

Who doesn't love a good chicken recipe especially when accompanied by herby veg and nuggets of salty cheese.

Vietnamese minted chicken salad

Vietnamese minted chicken salad

A no-cook spicy chicken salad that's on the table in less than 30 minutes.

Chilled pea and mint soup

Chilled pea and mint soup

If your lunch routine has got into a bit of a rut, add some variety and a dash of colour with this cool, refreshing summer soup recipe.

Duck with fig, pine nut and mint couscous

Duck with fig, pine nut and mint couscous

Duck costs a bit more than most meats but is well worth it - match it with fig, pine nut and mint as we've done here to really complement its subtle flavour.

Mojito cheesecake

Mojito cheesecake

These have all the flavours of the classic cocktail: rum, lime, sugar and mint. Deliciously creamy but sharp and light at the same time.

Mint sauce for lamb

Mint sauce for lamb

Such an easy sauce to make, such a devastatingly effective side order to serve.

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