GF recipe: wild mint syrup with leaves from the garden

We don’t remember having seen abroad so many drinks made with syrup as we see in France. At home, we are not fans of regular sugar, so syrups are not something we usually have. However, very often, when we have friends visiting us, kids and sometimes adults ask us for syrup.

Some weeks ago, just some days before Autumn season started, we found a lot of wild mint in the garden we had not harvested yet. We decided then to try our first homemade mint syrup. We prepared the basket and collected all leaves of mint we needed to cook it.

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The recipe is a mix between what we found on the Internet and the recipe from our neighbour, who usually make syrup for his grandson.

As we do not use regular sugar, we made it with cane one for the first time, but the second time we tried coconut sugar and we found the recipe even better.

The result was a soft drink which apparently you can keep in the fridge during months. The syrup color is not as dark as the one from the industrial mint syrup you can find at any supermarket. We confirm: children love it mixed with water, but so do adults!

MINT SYRUP

  • By Du bois à la maison

  • Prep time: 10 mins

  • Resting time: 24-48 hours

  • Total time: 48 hours

  • Category: Gluten-Free Recipes, Drinks

INGREDIENTS

  • A bunch of mint

  • 1 l of water

  • 400 gr of cane sugar (or coconut sugar)

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Rinse and remove mint leaves from the springs. Clean them with water.

  • Boil 1 l of water.

  • Add 400 gr of sugar to the boiling water, mix and add it to the bunch of mint. Stir all ingredients with a spoon until sugar is dissolved.

  • Cover the recipient and let it to infuse for 24-48 hours.

  • After 24-48 hours, put everything in a strainer to remove mint leaves and pour the syrup into bottles. Store the bottles in the fridge (they can be in the fridge during months, but never outside).

  • Enjoy your syrup with fresh plain or sparkling water (add some ice cubes if you prefer).

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