Spicy Lemon Ginger Iced Brew |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Move over lemon zinger... this brew is quite a stinger! Serve this on the rocks on a summer day or modify the recipe and serve it piping hot on an autumn evening with a slice of gingerbread or pumpkin pie. This can also be adapted into a tea to ease a queasy stomach by omitting the lemon and simply using the brewed ginger tea, hot or cold, to sip. Ginger is renowned for it's ability to calm stomach sickness. Ingredients:
2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger |
4 tablespoons honey |
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice |
4 lemon slices |
Directions:
1. Boil 4 cups of water in a nonreactive pot.
2. Stir ginger into the boiling water, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Strain mixture through a cheesecloth lined sieve into a clean pitcher.
4. Press on the ginger that is caught by the cheesecloth to extract as much liquid as possible.
5. Stir honey into the ginger brew until it dissolves, then set mixture aside to cool.
6. Stir lemon juice into ginger brew just before serving.
7. Prepare tall glasses with ice and one slice of lemon.
8. Pour chilled lemon ginger tea over the ice and serve.
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