I love fresh ginger in both sweet and savory cooking and am perfectly happy to peel, chop, grate, shred or squeeze mounds of it. But sometimes I'm in a hurry, or find myself without any ginger on hand. I've learned the hard way that powdered ginger, while a perfectly respectable spice, is often not a good substitute. But this Ginger Syrup most certainly is. Delicious stuff! Read on for a list of its many uses.
The Ginger People's Ginger Syrup comes is a glass bottle that you can keep in the pantry (not in the refrigerator.) It pours in a lovely thick, spicy ribbon. It is made with ginger and cane sugar, so while it can be used for savory dishes, they must be able to handle sweet as well as the spice. It is excellent to keep on hand for a variety of purposes:
Sweet
• As a glaze on cakes (lemon, ginger or chocolate cake come to mind)
• On pancakes, waffles, french toast
• Pour over ginger-friendly fresh fruits like peaches, mangoes, figs or pears
• Use in a poaching liquid for pears or apples
• Add to a compote for extra zing, or as part of the liquid to rehydrate dried fruits
• Add to jam or marmalade recipes in place of some of the sugar
• Pour over ice cream or yogurt
Savory
• A glaze for carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, beets
• In dipping sauces
• Combine with lemon and thyme and glaze a chicken before roasting
Beverages
• Combine with carbonated water for ginger soda, or add a dollop to your morning orange juice
• In teas, replacing your usual sweetener
• As a toddy with hot water, lemon and brandy
• In cocktails and cordials
The Ginger People's website has dozens of recipes, as well as a locator map for stores that carry their products. You can also order their Ginger Syrup online, for $4.00 per 8-oz bottle.
Related: DIY Recipe: Crystallized Ginger
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Oh yum, I love the Ginger People's Ginger Candy so I definitely want to try this.
I see cocktails with ginger syrup in my future...
Sounds like this would be delicious in Indian food. (Although far from authentic.) I always love the sweet-savory combination that many Indian dishes have.
Yum! I bet this is amazing on roasted veggies.
Where I can get this? I need it for an event tonight!
Thanks.
I get mine at cost plus world imports, they carry most of the ginger peoples line
I get this at World Market in Nashville. It is really tasty. I am pregnant and ginger helps to calm the nausea so I have been adding the syrup to cups of hot or cold tea.
The same company makes minced ginger in a jar (like garlic in a jar) that is absolutely delicious and fresh tasting (unlike garlic in a jar) and perfect for all applications sweet and savory. I seriously can't live without it.
Oh crap! I'm gonna get some of this!
I love their little ginger man. He's adorable!
I love their ginger candies. This inspired me to slice up a nugget of ginger and boil it in sugar and water to try to make syrup like I do with fruit for waffles. The sugar crystalized but the candied ginger was excellent. Next time though, I'll slice across the fibers to be less stringy to chew.
I sometimes make my own crystallized ginger and the syrupy liquid left over in the pot looks just like this stuff.
And to think, when I'm not jarring it up as preserved ginger I've poured it down the sink like a fool!!! I'm going to bottle it up next time and refer to the list of applications for this syrup.