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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 170 Minutes |
Ready In: 180 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Carefully simmering fresh ginger in water for a good, long while is the key to deep, rounded flavor. Once you have the ginger syrup on hand, a hankering for ginger ale can be satisfied practically instantly (the drink's trademark fizz comes from seltzer). For a more traditional take on this zingy cooler, check out the recipe for Homemade Ginger Beer 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 |
Directions:
1. Make syrup: 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.
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.
3. Assemble drinks: 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).
4. Cooks' note: Ginger syrup keeps, chilled, 1 week.
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