How To Make Ginger Switchel
Enjoy a refreshing, antioxidant-rich drink with this ginger switchel sweetened with a hint of honey. Serve over ice for a cooling summer drink!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1fresh ginger,(3-inch piece)
- 2¼cupswater
- ½cupapple cider vinegar
- ½cuphoney,plus 2 tbsp
- sparkling,or still water, to finish
Instructions
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Use the side of a spoon to scrape the skin off the ginger. Cut the ginger into slices to yield about ¼ cup of sliced ginger.
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In a medium saucepan, bring the ginger and 2¼ cups water to a boil. Remove from the heat. Let sit for 10 minutes.
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For a gentler, less-spicy switchel, don’t boil the water; combine the water and ginger in a jar and let them infuse gently on the counter for a few hours.
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In a quart-sized glass canning jar or other lidded glass containers, combine the honey and vinegar. Add the ginger and water. Cover with a lid and shake to combine the ingredients.
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Cover the jar and transfer it to the fridge. Drink once cold or let the ginger infuse for up to 4 days, at which point the ginger can be strained out.
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Pour the switchel into a glass filled with ice. Drink it straight, or top with still or sparkling water to dilute and soften the flavor.
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Stir and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
The longer the ginger infuses, the stronger the flavor will become. The prepared switchel will keep for 7 days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Calories: 196.13kcal
- Fat: 0.15g
- Saturated Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g
- Carbohydrates: 50.48g
- Fiber: 0.51g
- Sugar: 46.90g
- Protein: 0.53g
- Sodium: 13.96mg
- Calcium: 14.71mg
- Potassium: 141.46mg
- Iron: 0.44mg
- Vitamin C: 1.28mg
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