Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups chopped peeled ginger (7 ounces)
2 cups water
3/4 cup sugar
About 1 quart chilled seltzer or club soda
About 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Make syrup:
Step 1
Cook ginger in water in a small saucepan at a low simmer, partially covered, 45 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep, covered, 20 minutes.
Step 2
Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl, pressing on ginger and then discarding. Return liquid to saucepan and add sugar and a pinch of salt, then heat over medium heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Chill syrup in a covered jar until cold.
Assemble drinks:
Step 3
Mix ginger syrup with seltzer and lime juice (start with 1/4 cup syrup and 1 1/2 teaspoons lime juice per 3/4 cup seltzer, then adjust to taste).
Cooks' note:
Ginger syrup keeps, chilled, 1 week.
After my second cataract surgery I felt sick when I got home. I don't know if it was because they gave me to much anesthesia or just my nerves.
I had a bottle of ginger ale from Trader Joes. That stuff is amazing. Once I had some I felt better.
I wanted to make my own. Mei grows ginger and asked her for a few of her roots.
This recipe taste just like the ginger ale from Trader Joes!
This is the recipe you were telling me about before. Sounds great. Mei must have a huge garden. You are lucky to have her to give you fresh vegetables and herbs.
ReplyDeleteThe ginger she grows comes from Thailand- It's very different from the ginger we get in the store. I made it again with Publix ginger and it has a stronger taste.
DeleteI am guessing Publix Ginger was not as good.
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