I tried my hand at making ginger syrup the other day. I took a cup of sugar, a cup of water, and about 1/2 cup of chopped ginger and boiled it until reduced by half or so, strained, then chilled. I didn't peel the ginger, just scrubbed it well and chopped in the food processor.
Wow, is that stuff good!
Be careful, it is potent. I wasn't suspecting exactly how potent though. I was on the phone with a friend, when I decided it had cooled enough for me to take a taste. Dipped a small spoon into my mouth, and yowsa! I think I just made an unintellible noise, but my friend was all what? what? what? Are you ok? When my tongue stopped burning long enough to speak, I told her what I had done. But it was incredible, sweet, gingery,fruity, but with a bite.
It makes a refreshing cold drink, a few tablespoons mixed into a glass of orange juice or lemonade or a sparkling water.
I am also going to try a ginger/lemon sorbet. And drizzling it over fruit salad. Maybe ginger glazed carrots? Green beans? Ginger syrup, soy sauce, and fish sauce as an Asian dressing/marinade?
I think next time I will peel it. The ginger bits tasted great too, but wasn't sure about eating the peel.
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thanks for the tip, I've never tried making ginger tea but I do love ginger in my food and, of course, I go thru a bag of tj's candied ginger a month.
Yeah, Ginger goes well in carrots.
One of my favorites is a Ginger-Cranberry Marmalade...make it just like you would your Cranberry Rlish, but add some grated or julienne Ginger...great with Smoked meats and Game.
I never peel my gigner. I keep it in the freezer adn grate it on a really finegrater, but i never bother to peel it.
My dh makes blueberry-ginger sorbet. He puts about 1 tsp of freshly grated ginger-- here's his recipe.
First make the simple syrup:
Bring 2 cups of water and 1.5 cups of sugar to a boil, stirring. Allow to boil for a minute. Cool the syrup in the fridge for an hour.
Then into the blender, add:
1 package of frozen blueberries
2.5 tbsp of fresh lemon juice
the simple syrup
1 tsp of freshly grated ginger
blend until it's smooth, then pour into the ice cream maker drum and process in the machine until it's sorbet.
Enjoy!
(p.s. I'm here from the AD rav group. Your blog is beautiful-- is there an RSS feed I can subscribe to?).
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