Description
Ginger ale is a non-alcoholic and refreshing drink made of fresh ginger and carbonated sweetened water.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup of fresh ginger
- 2 cups of water
- ¼ cup of granulated sugar
- ¼ fresh lemon or lime juice
- 4 cups of cold club soda or seltzer water
Instructions
- Prepare ginger: Peel the ginger and cut it into small cubes.
- Simmer ginger: Place the ginger and water into a small saucepan and set over medium heat. Let the ginger simmer for about 30 minutes then remove it from the heat. Remove the saucepan from the stove and let ginger sit in the saucepan for another 10 minutes.
- Make syrup: Pour the ginger syrup through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl, pressing down to get all of the juice out of the mixture. Discard ginger pieces. Place the ginger syrup back into the saucepan then add granulated sugar. Bring to simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Cool the syrup: Remove the saucepan from the heat. Set it aside and let the ginger syrup cool completely.
- Assemble: Serve it by mixing ¼ of syrup and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice per ¾ cup seltzer. Serve over ice. Place the remaining syrup in a mason jar and refrigerate it for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
Equipment: small saucepan, bowl and a mesh strainer
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 80
- Sugar: 20 grams
- Sodium: 17mg
- Saturated Fat: 0 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Fiber: 0 grams
- Cholesterol: 0mg
