Lemon Balm Simple Syrup
"Use to sweeten tea, hot or cold, drizzle over cake or ice cream. Time doesn't include stand time or chill time."
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 cups
ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup Splenda sugar substitute or 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup fresh lemon balm leaves, loosely packed
directions
- Rinse lemon balm under running water to clean. Stir together all 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Using a spoon, gently smash them against the sides of the pot to release the flavor.
- Remove from heat, and let stand 30 minutes. Pour liquid through a wire-mesh strainer into an airtight container or Mason jar, discarding lemon balm leaves. Cover and chill 4 hours. Syrup may be stored in refrigerator up to 1 month or poured into a plastic freezer container or an ice cube tray and kept frozen for up to one year.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
