What drink can be made from fresh mint

When summer hits us with heat waves, we try to find salvation in refreshing drinks. And what could be more refreshing than the mint from which "Site" Today I propose to prepare peppermint.





This recipe uses a successful combination of mint and lemon. Even on the hottest summer day, it makes us feel cool. Diluted the liquor with soda or tonic, put an ice cube - and now an invigorating drink is ready, slightly reminiscent of Mojito.

Mint liquor Ingredients
  • 1 litre vodka
  • 100g fresh mint
  • 3 small lemons
  • 2 tbsp sugar


Preparation
  1. Cut the lemon peel.


  2. Remove the white skin, cut the flesh finely.
  3. Slightly remember the mint leaves and send them along with the peel and pulp of lemons to the jar.


  4. Pour alcohol and leave in a warm dark place for 4-5 days.
  5. Strain the mixture, add sugar to it, mix well.


  6. Let the drink stand for another week, then filter through a small filter, for example, cotton candy.


  7. Lemon-mint liquor ready. Enjoy your fight with the summer heat!




Mint liqueur can be used in the preparation of desserts, cakes, puddings, sorbets, casseroles and many other masterpieces of cooking. It is irreplaceable as the basis for refreshing cocktails, where its delicate taste perfectly shades the advantages of all other ingredients.

The recipe of the original liqueur "Becherovka" is kept by the manufacturer in the strictest secrecy. It is only known that it contains 20 medicinal herbs. "Site" He offers to prepare a drink that is as close as possible to the taste of the famous Becherovka, although in fact it is, of course, not.

At the turn of the XIX and XX centuries, Shustov tinctures, including the brand “Ryabin on Cognac”, were considered the best in the entire Russian Empire. We offer to make tincture at home. It should be noted that it is advantageously distinguished by the absence of flavorings and one hundred percent naturalness of raw materials.

To make this pour, you will need only a little old jam: apple, cherry, raspberry or strawberry. The main thing is that there are no signs of mold in it.