Simple Homemade Ginger Syrup
on Dec 10, 2022, Updated Apr 21, 2023
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Made with 3 ingredients, this homemade ginger syrup is a bold and lively sweetener for iced drinks like iced tea and lemonade.
Recipe Highlights
- Homemade ginger syrup is so easy to make at home with just 3 ingredients: water, sugar, and fresh ginger.
- Fresh ginger gives this simple syrup a warming sweet and spicy flavor.
- Syrups work especially well for iced beverages since they can be mixed in easily and won’t settle into the bottom of a glass like sugar.
- Ginger syrup adds delicious flavor and sweetness to hot and iced drinks.
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Ingredient Notes
- Fresh ginger: Fresh ginger can be found in the produce section of a supermarket. Slicing fresh ginger root into thin pieces adds the strongest flavor to the syrup.
- Sugar: This recipe uses white sugar as the sweetener. Brown sugar can also be used, but it’ll give the syrup a brown color.
- Water: To make the best tasting syrup, use filtered water.
For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer, then turn off heat, and steep. Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
Step 2: Strain and pour syrup into an airtight container.
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Serving Suggestions
- Make homemade ginger soda by combining ginger syrup with sparkling water.
- Add ginger syrup to iced tea or lemonade to give it a subtle ginger flavor.
- Make ginger tea taste even stronger by adding some ginger syrup.
- Ginger syrup can go beyond flavoring drinks. Drizzle on pancakes or waffles as a zingy alternative to maple syrup.
Expert Tips
- Instead of slicing fresh ginger, it can be grated for an even more potent ginger flavor. However, it goes take more work since a mesh strainer will be needed to filter the small ginger bits.
- This recipe makes 1 cup of ginger syrup. That’s enough to sweeten 8 drinks if you use 2 tablespoons for each glass.
- Store in an airtight container and this syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
- Ginger syrup can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Simply pour into an ice cube tray and pop them out whenever you need it.
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Questions You May Have
Simple syrup gets its name because it’s made from an easy, basic 1:1 combination of water and sugar.
Ginger is full of health benefits and is known for aiding with digestion and nausea relief.
Yes! Homemade simple syrups aren’t shelf-stable and need to be refrigerated.
If stored in an airtight container in the fridge, homemade ginger syrup is good for up to 2 weeks.
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Simple Ginger Syrup
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup water
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 3 inch fresh ginger root, (sliced)
Instructions
- Peel and slice ginger root.
- Put all ingredients in a saucepan and boil on medium-low heat for 6 minutes.Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
- Turn off the heat and let cool.
- Strain or remove ginger slices and pour syrup into an airtight container.Use a funnel to help pour neatly into the bottle. The syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Fresh ginger can be found in the produce section of a supermarket. Slicing fresh ginger root into thin pieces adds the strongest flavor to the syrup.
- Instead of slicing fresh ginger, it can be grated for an even more potent ginger flavor. However, it goes take more work since a mesh strainer will be needed to filter the small ginger bits.
- This recipe makes 1 cup of ginger syrup. That’s enough to sweeten 8 drinks if you use 2 tablespoons for each glass.
- Store in an airtight container and this syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
- Ginger syrup can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Simply pour into an ice cube tray and pop them out whenever you need it.
Syrup Uses
- Make homemade ginger soda by combining ginger syrup with sparkling water.
- Add ginger syrup to iced tea or lemonade to give it a subtle ginger flavor.
- Make ginger tea taste even stronger by adding some ginger syrup.
- Drizzle ginger syrup on pancakes or waffles as a zingy alternative to maple syrup.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
