Spicey Home Made Ginger Ale

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Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 large ginger root -- about 5" long
1/2 fresh jalapeno pepper
2 liters sparkling water

Preparation

1
Make a simple syrup:
2
Bring water and sugar to a boil
3
Chop ginger (need not be peeled)
4
Chop 1/2 jalapeno
5
Add both to syrup, boil 1 minute
6
Remove from heat, steep 6+ hrs
7
Strain ginger and pepper from syrup
8
Mix 1/2 c. ginger syrup per liter of sparking water
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Serve over ice
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About

This is tasting ginger ale for the first time. The addition of the bit of jalapeno spikes the ginger flavor up just a bit -- it can be omitted for the spice-phobic, though it adds even more sophistication to this already elegant beverage. Easy too.

Yield:

2 liters

Added:

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:58pm

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