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Combine honey and water in a heavy
saucepan.
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Add the mint and cloves and bring
slowly to the boil.
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Stir to dissolve the honey.
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Allow to boil rapidly for 5 minutes or
until syrupy.
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Cool completely.
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Remove the mint and cloves.
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Remove peel from 1 orange with a zester
and set it aside.
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Alternatively, peel the orange, scrape
the white pith from the peel and cut the peel into very fine strips.
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Put the strips into the syrup.
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Peel the orange, completely removing
the pith.
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Slice thinly into rounds, but do not
cut completely through the orange.
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Pour over the syrup.
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Sprinkle over the strips of orange zest
if not added to the syrup.
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Garnish with sprigs of fresh mint.
