Homemade Ginger Ale
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Homemade Ginger Ale
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| Servings |
| 6/8Drinks |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 50Minutes | 3Hours including chilling |
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2cup chopped and peeled ginger
- 2cups water
- 1/2cup granulated sugar
- 1quart chilled seltzer or club soda
- 3tablespoons fresh organic lemon juice
- 10/15 mint leaves
- 1small pinch salt
Instructions
Ginger Syrup
- Cook ginger with the water in a small pan. Bring water to a boil, then simmer partially covered, for 45 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let the liquid steep for at least 20 minutes.
- Strain mixture through a sieve in to a bowl, pressing the ginger and then discarding.
- Return the liquid to a pan and add the sugar and a small pinch of salt.
- Heat the syrup over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Chill the syrup in covered jar until ready to use.
Assemble Drinks
- Mix the Ginger syrup with the seltzer and lemon juice and the mint leaves. You can start with a 1/4 cup of syrup and 1 1/2 teaspoons of lemon juice per 3/4 cup of seltzer, then adjust to your taste.
Recipe Notes
Ginger syrup will keep, chilled in a refrigerator for one week.