Homemade Ginger Soda
I read about a lawsuit against Canada Dry. They settled because even though their label says it is made from real ginger, studies have found that there is no real ginger in it. Today I’m going to make a quick ginger soda. Just with a few ingredients! Fresh ginger, limes and sugar. To make it soda, you just need some soda water, club soda, sparkling water, anything with a little fizz to it. If you like this recipe be sure to check out this one too! and this one!
Ginger Prep
First thing I’m going to do is take all of the ginger and remove all the skin. The easy way to do that is just to take a spoon and kind of slide across. Then I use a grater and a knife to break it down to smaller pieces. For every cup of ginger we are going to use two cups of water. I have about two cups of ginger, I add that to my pan as well as four cups of water and a few strips of lime zest. Then bring that to a boil.
Cooking
Once it is at a full boil I turn the heat down, keeping it at a boil and constantly stirring it. After about fifteen minutes we are going to turn it off, cover it up and let that ginger and lime zest steep in there. I let it steep for about fifteen minutes or so, now I’m going to run the mixture through a strainer to get everything out of it. Then to get the most out of it, I push down on the ginger to get out as much of the juices as possible. Then I add the juice back into my saucepan. To it I add two cups of sugar and get the heat back to a simmer!
Taste Test
I constantly stir this. And we want to get it down to about three cups of water. Once that is done I pour it into a bowl and let it cool down before I jar it and put it into the fridge. About an hour later I sealed it up in a bottle. I have some ice cold water, to make some soda water. Then all I’m going to do is mix in about a quarter cup of the ginger syrup with about one cup of the soda water. Give that a stir. I add a pinch of lime juice. And wow! It tastes like ginger ale! This is delicious! You should totally give this a try! Watch the full video here!
Making Ginger Ale with Real Ginger
Ingredients
- ginger
- water
- lime
- 2 cups sugar
- soda water
Instructions
- Remove skin from ginger, then breakdown ginger into smaller pieces.
- Add ginger, water and lime zest to a pan and bring it to a boil.
- Once it is boiling I turn the heat down but keep it simmering, constantly stirring.
- After 15 minutes turn the heat off, cover it and let it sit. After it sat for 15 minutes I run it through a strainer.
- Add the juice back into the pan, add sugar and get it back to a simmer.
- Constantly stir this, once it gets down to 3 cups of water I pour it into a bowl and let it cool for an hour.
- Then I put it in a sealed bottle and into the fridge. I make my soda water then mix it with the ginger syrup. Add a little lime juice if you'd like. Enjoy!