Let's prepare today for the winter a source of beauty, vitality and a healthy complexion - frozen ice cubes made from aromatic and spicy mint. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Mint is the most popular herb among medicinal, aromatic and spicy herbs. It is used because of its stimulating effect, for the treatment of stomach diseases, for digestive problems, for colic, flatulence, and simply as an additive to food and drinks. The plant is widely used for hot tea by brewing the leaves with boiling water. Like other spicy herbs, mint can be harvested for future use. The leaves are dried or frozen, and then used as fresh herb in the form of an additive for the preparation of various dishes and drinks. However, when dried, the leaves lose their bright color and the beauty of the fragrant plant disappears. Therefore, today we will learn how to freeze mint with ice cubes for the winter without losing color and quality.
When frozen, mint does not lose its bright color, retains its taste, aroma and useful properties. In a glass with a drink, you can never distinguish it from a freshly picked one. If you freeze whole leaves, then they can be used to decorate ready-made dishes, and chopped ones can be added to baked goods, various sauces, brew tea, prepare desserts, cocktails, vegetables, meat, chicken … Today we freeze chopped mint in the form of ice cubes. They can also be added to all meals. Ice cubes are ideal for refreshing drinks: fruit and berry smoothies, all kinds of cocktails. Likewise, you can freeze mint for Mojito by selecting the most beautiful leaves. In addition, in a similar way, you can prepare mint puree and arrange in ice containers. It will be a natural flavoring agent for baked goods, sauces and other dressings.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 49 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 15 minutes, plus freezing time
Ingredients:
Mint - any grade and any quantity
Step-by-step preparation of frozen mint with ice cubes for the winter, a recipe with a photo:
1. Tear off the mint leaves from the twigs, place them in a sieve and rinse under running water. Leave them in a sieve for a while to drain the water.
2. Put the dried leaves on a board.
3. Cut the plant into medium pieces.
4. Place the mint in the ice cube trays. It is most convenient to use silicone molds for this, because it is easier to extract frozen ice cubes from them.
5. Fill the mint with drinking water. The ratio of mint to water can be any. Therefore, be guided by your taste. You can make ice cubes with a couple of mint leaves, or you can put a lot of mint and pour water over just to hold them together.
6. Send the mint to the freezer and leave to freeze completely.
7. When it is completely frozen, remove it from the molds, put it in special storage bags and keep it in the freezer at a temperature of at least -15 ° C for 4-9 months. However, some sources say that frozen mint can be stored for up to a year, but the longer it is stored, the more it loses its nutritional value.
See also a video recipe on how to prepare mint for the winter.
