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Homemade ginger beer

Ginger beer served in a bottle and a glass

Homemade ginger beer

Name: Homemade ginger beer
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
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

Esther Clark

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Serves 4-6

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Plus cooling

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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

Gluten-free

Vegan

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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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

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Nutrition: Per serving (6)

kcal119
fat0g

low
saturates0g
carbs30g
sugars29g
fibre0.1g
protein0.1g
salt0.09g

Method

step 1

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.
step 2

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.
step 3

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.

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