Spice up your beverages and desserts with Homemade Ginger Syrup!
Mr. B and I love ginger. When we discovered how easy it is to make homemade ginger syrup, and this delicious condiment immediately became a new favorite among our kitchen staples.
Scroll to the bottom of the post for just a few of the ways we enjoy using it. Please let me know in the comments if you come up with any new ideas!
Homemade Ginger Syrup
Ingredients
- 6 cups water
- 6 cups white sugar
- 1 lb ginger sliced
Instructions
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Put 3 cups of water and all the sliced ginger in a blender and blend until ginger is chunky smooth.
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Pour the blended mixture into a large saucepan. Stir in the remaining 3 cups of water and the sugar, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
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Allow the syrup to cool in the pan.
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Line a sieve with two to three layers of cheesecloth and strain syrup. Squeeze the cheesecloth bag tightly to get out all the gingery goodness.
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Pour syrup into containers and refrigerate or freeze.
Recipe Notes
Makes about 8 cups of very strong ginger syrup. You can easily scale down the amounts (3 cups/3 cups/1/2 lb) and make less syrup, but you will regret it. This stuff is delicious!
Ginger Frenzy
Here are just a few delicious ways to use Homemade Ginger Syrup:
- Ginger ale – add a tablespoon of Ginger syrup to a glass of club soda or seltzer water and make your own ginger ale.
- Ginger Lemonade
- Ginger Iced Tea
- Ginger Apple Juice
- Whiskey Ginger
- Ginger Ice Cream – just drizzle a couple of tablespoons into the ice cream mix before you freeze it.
- Raspberry-Ginger Butterscotch Sundae
- Ginger Peaches
- Ginger Yogurt – add a teaspoon or two to a cup of yogurt. Vanilla, peach, and raspberry all taste great this way!
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Kristi says
June 12 atThis is exactly what I need right now! Thank you! I’m going to try to make some this weekend!
Marlynn @UrbanBlissLife says
June 12 atRenee, I love this! I, too, am a huge fan of ginger and use it in so many dishes and smoothies, but never thought to make my own ginger syrup. Adding this to my “gotta make” list!
Sarah says
June 12 atI wanted to make something like for my birthday last year. I ended up only making a pomegranate syrup. It was really yummy. I will have to try both this year.
Melinda says
June 13 atOh, I’m definitely going to do this. My husband LOVES ginger and would go wild for this treat!
Sloan Johnson says
June 16 atLooks amazing! I’m going to try making a batch this weekend!
candy says
May 19 atI find little bite of ginger syrup goes a long way. Has a great taste and so useful.
Alexandria Williams says
May 20 atI’ve never been the biggest fan of ginger, however, I think this would be great to make for our homemade moscow mules!
Renée ♥ says
May 20 atIt’s great for mules. You can balance the ginger to your tastes instead of relying on finding the right ginger beer.
Tim Seabrook says
January 18 atAlways good to come across new recipe ideas and blending the ginger before cooking it is certainly a first and something I will try.
The sugar content is a little high for my tastes though as an alternative, a 2:1 ratio of water to honey is just as effective, gives it a naturally sweet flavour and improves the consistancy of the syrup.