Ginger beer
By Esther Clark
Enjoy this fiery ginger beer at a family barbecue or pour into a bottle for a picnic. It's made by cooking up a ginger cordial and topping up with soda water
- Prep:5 mins
Cook:20 mins
Plus cooling - Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 119
- fat 0g
- saturates 0g
- carbs 30g
- sugars 29g
- fibre 0.1g
- protein 0.1g
- salt 0.09g
Ingredients
- 200g ginger, thickly sliced
- 2 large lemons, peeled and juiced
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 100g light brown muscovado sugar
- ice
- 1 litre soda or sparkling water
- mint sprigs, to serve
Method
Put the ginger in a saucepan set over a low heat with the lemon peel, sugars and 500ml water and stir until the sugars have dissolved. Increase the heat to medium, then simmer for 15-20 mins, or until reduced and syrupy. Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.
Strain the syrup into a jug through a sieve lined with muslin. At this stage, you can transfer the syrup to a small sterilised bottle or jar and keep in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Pour the ginger syrup into a large serving jug. Tip in the lemon juice, fill with ice and top up with the soda water. Serve garnished with a few mint sprigs.
