Mint sauce for lamb

Serve your roast lamb with an easy, and quick, mint sauce. This recipe is ready in minutes and freshly-made is much better than the shop-bought stuff.

Mint sauce for lamb

Pick a succulent roast from our roast lamb leg recipe collection.

  • Serves icon Serves 6
  • Time icon Takes 10 minutes to make, plus infusing

Serve your roast lamb with an easy, and quick, mint sauce. This recipe is ready in minutes and freshly-made is much better than the shop-bought stuff.

Pick a succulent roast from our roast lamb leg recipe collection.

Ingredients

  • A bunch of fresh mint
  • 2 tsp caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
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Method

  1. Pick and finely chop the leaves of a bunch of fresh mint. Place in a small bowl and stir in the caster sugar.
  2. Pour over 75ml boiling water, stir to dissolve the sugar, then add the red wine vinegar. Leave to cool and infuse.

delicious. tips

  1. Try adding finely chopped red chilli for a hint of spice, or 1 tbsp redcurrant jelly instead of the sugar.

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