Homemade Ginger Ale
This Homemade Ginger Ale is sweet and spicy! Made with fresh root ginger and chilli flakes it really packs a punch.
Servings: 10 drinks
Calories: 118.29kcal
Equipment
- 1 high speed blender
- 1 fine sieve or cheese cloth
Ingredients
- 500 g root ginger
- 0.5 teaspoon chilli flakes or more or less to suit your tastes
- 200 g light muscovado sugar
- 1 lime juice only
- sparkling water to serve
Instructions
- Peel the root ginger and roughly chop.
- Add to a blender along with the chilli flakes, sugar and lime juice.
- Blend until smooth.
- Strain the mixture through a sieve or squeeze through cheese cloth and discard the pulp that's left behind.
- Decant into a sterilised bottle until ready to use.
- To use, add roughly 75ml to a glass with ice and top up with sparkling water or lemonade.
Nutrition
Calories: 118.29kcal | Carbohydrates: 29.26g | Protein: 0.99g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.09g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.08g | Sodium: 13.87mg | Potassium: 242.88mg | Fiber: 1.22g | Sugar: 20.37g | Vitamin A: 33IU | Vitamin C: 4.45mg | Calcium: 27.14mg | Iron: 0.5mg