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Homemade Ginger Beer

This ginger beer is very spicy. Adjust the amount of lime juice and sugar to your taste.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 16 cups

Ingredients

2

pounds ginger, cut into 1-inch pieces

1

gallon boiling water

1

1/2 cups fresh lime juice (about 8 limes)

1

1/2 cups superfine sugar

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Preparation

  1. Place the ginger in the bowl of a food processor, and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a large pot or bowl, and add the boiling water. Allow to stand for 1 hour. Drain through a fine sieve lined with a double thickness of damp cheesecloth. Discard the solids. Add the lime juice and sugar, and stir to dissolve.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.