This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups packed fresh mint leaves
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Directions
Chop mint. In a saucepan bring sugar, water and mint to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer syrup, undisturbed, 2 minutes. Pour syrup through a fine sieve, pressing hard on solids, and cool. Syrup keeps, covered and chilled, 2 weeks.
