Description
A refreshing and spicy homemade ginger soda perfect for hot summer days!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup peeled and chopped ginger (about a large thumb size piece)
- pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 5 kaffir lime leaves
- 1 cup water
- fresh basil leaves
- 3 cups soda water (or seltzer)
- 2 limes (cut into wedges)
Instructions
- Boil and simmer sugar, water, ginger, salt, pepper flakes and lime leaves. Simmer for 15 minutes covered.
- Steep for 15 minutes and strain syrup in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate until cold.
- Use 12 ounce glasses and add two basil leaves shredded with your fingers with 2 tablespoons simple syrup and lightly muddle. Add 4 or 5 ice cubes, top with seltzer (soda water) and squeeze one or two lime wedge. Stir and serve.
Notes
You can save the ginger syrup in a container and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 57
- Sugar: 12.8 g
- Sodium: 4.5 mg
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.9 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 0.2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
