Mint Sour Cream Sauce

This light and refreshing Mint Sour Cream Sauce is a great topping for everything from salmon filets to lamb chops. Enjoy it this Spring and you'll actually be excited when the mint takes over your garden!

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons shallot, finely minced

• 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar

• 2 cups fresh mint, loosely packed

• 1 cup sour cream

• 1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced

• ¼ teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Combine the shallot and red wine vinegar in a bowl and let it meld while you prepare the other ingredients.
   

2. Add the garlic and salt to a mortar and pestle and grind the ingredients into a paste.
   

3. Chop the mint and grind it into to the garlic paste using the mortar and pestle.
   

4. In a bowl, mix together the mint and garlic paste, the sour cream, and the red wine vinegar and shallot mixture until well blended.