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A glass jar filled with ginger simple syrup.

Ginger Simple Syrup

Heather Smoke
A quick and easy recipe for sweet and spicy ginger simple syrup, to sweeten tea, lemonade or cocktails.

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5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings1 1/4 cups

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Mesh Strainer

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup thinly sliced fresh ginger root

Instructions
 

  • Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, to dissolve the sugar.
  • Scrub the ginger well to remove the dirt. Thinly slice the ginger (peel it first, if you prefer). Add the sliced ginger to the syrup. Bring to a boil again, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer the syrup, covered, for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the ginger steep in the syrup for 1 hour.
  • Pour the syrup through a fine mesh strainer and discard the sliced ginger.
  • If you peeled your ginger, you can probably skip the step of filtering the syrup. if you didn't peel the ginger, you'll need to filter it to remove small bits and impurities from the peel. You can do this simply by setting up a coffee filter over a bowl or measuring cup, pouring the syrup into the filter, and letting it drip through.
  • Pour the syrup into a clean, lidded glass jar and refrigerate for up to 3 months.

Notes

This recipe makes about 1 1/4 cups of ginger syrup, and the flavor is fairly spicy.  For a less spicy syrup, steep the ginger for a shorter amount of time, or add more sugar and water (in a 1:1 ratio) for your desired flavor and spiciness.
Keyword Ginger
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