What Can I Do With Leftover Mint Jelly? Good Questions

Q: I have been clearing out my fridge along with the Cure-ees and am perplexed by my jar of mint jelly. We roasted a beautiful leg of lamb at Christmas and made the Brit relatives very happy by having mint jelly for them, but what else can I do with it? We don't eat a ton of meat but I would guess it would go well with things like ham or pork chops.

Any other suggestions? It's not a big jar but I don't want it to go to waste!

Sent by Anne (in Reno)

Editor: Anne, yes, this would go well with meat like pork chops, lamb chops, or London broil. You can also toss a little with buttery green beans, or fresh peas!

Readers, how do you use mint jelly?

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Comments (18)

With peanut butter, on a sandwich. Sounds gross until you try it . . .

On Meatloaf (instead of ketchup). Super yummy!

I wonder how it might be on ice cream. Or cooked down a little and spread between 2 buttery, chocolate cookies, like a mint galette.

Personally, it's one of the few condiments I won't touch and if I were a lamb I'd be offended that people coat my delicious roasted flesh with it.

I was wondering how it might be IN ice cream. I wonder if you could melt it into the cream to flavor it instead of adding mint extract and sugar. Might be worth a try.

How about using it in some Vietnamese dishes? This style of cuisine uses TONS of mint, so maybe you could add it in noodles dishes, soups, as a topping for spring rolls, ect.... This is the direction I would go in, but if you are not a fan of Vietnamese food, you could always add some to a nice pea puree.

It's delicious on roasted duck! At least ducks without a glaze, roasted with just salt.

Thanks so much everyone, I had never thought of most of these (especially the sweet ones)! I will have to do some experimenting...

This is good inspiration. I've had an unopened jar of mint jelly sitting in my cupboard for... too long. I'm thinking of making an Asian-style dipping sauce with it. Maybe whisk it with some rice vinegar, soy sauce and maybe a splash of oil. I bet it would be good for dipping spring rolls, which typically have fresh mint inside, anyway.

I use "jar scrapings" of jams and jellies in tea.

Everyone down south puts in on top of cream cheese (like hot pepper jelly) and serves with crackers as an appetizer (I know it sounds weird, but it's actually good). You can add some spice (jalapeno) and some tart (lemon juice or cider vinegar) to thin it out if desired, and you can sprinkle chopped pecans on top if you'd like.

i was about to google the same about left over mint jelly!

nope, make a mistake , mine is mint sauce...hmmmm

yup, cream cheese and crackers. delicious!

That cream cheese and crackers trick is good for all kinds of jelly. Hot pepper or jalapeno, apricot, marmalade, etc. With chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, pistachios, pine nuts) is good, maybe some herbs and a bit of pepper.

i have some leftovers after lamb... i tried what heatherk said and did and pb and J sandwich.. kinda gross...
on top of lemon sherbet it mixed well

I've used mint jelly on cooked beets, with a little balsamic vinegar to cut the sweetness.