After my post True South African fare where I made Bobotie, I got quite a few requests for South African recipes. Ginger Beer is a drink that we all grew up on and all major days on the calender are celebrated with this drink, eg. Christmas, New Year, family picnics etc...........
When I searched Google, I soon found that it is not a true South African beverage and that it originated in England in the 1700's.
I dare not argue with the clever people at Google, but for me, it is associated with every celebration in South Africa. I also found this wonderful site with photo illustrations on "How to make your own ginger beer", so I will most definitely not reinvent the wheel. Go ahead, give it a try.........
Ginger beer
Ingredients
1 Litres water
60 ml ground ginger
750 ml sugar
4 litres water
125 ml raisins
3 ml cream of tartar
5 ml tartaric acid
15 ml instant dry yeast (optional)
Method
Make a syrup by boiling together 1 liter water, ground
ginger and sugar for 15 minutes.
Place in a large container and add 4 liters water, raisins, cream of tartar and tartaric and yeast (if using).
Leave at room temperature until raisins have risen to the surface.
Pour into bottles, close securely and store in refrigerator.
Makes 5 liters
Place in a large container and add 4 liters water, raisins, cream of tartar and tartaric and yeast (if using).
Leave at room temperature until raisins have risen to the surface.
Pour into bottles, close securely and store in refrigerator.
Makes 5 liters
The residue that you see floating, is just from the raisins that I use( it helps with the fermenting process and you can also tell when the beer is ready when the raisins float to the top.
Cheers!!!
8 comments:
Nina, I'll shall try this when warm weather arrives here.
Alas, we just got 30cm of snow.
Peter, with the heatwave we've been having the last couple of weeks, I can only dream about 30cm of snow....
The human race.....never quite so grateful or what we have....
Looks good! Hopefully I can try some in 6 years. lol
i've seen the article in Saveur magazine about ginger beer some time back. sounds like a great drink to me!
p.s. it seems that i have trouble accesing your blog after it's been done uploading, don't know why...
jessy - why the long wait....
eliza - my mom and my sister has the same problem and I thought is was maybe because their computers were a bit outdated, but if a fellow blogger has the same problem, I am very concerned - I will look into the matter urgently.
I'm curious about this beer- shall book mark it, thanks for sharing!
who doesn't love ginger beer! you've inspired me to make some!
Ginger Beer! Homemade et al. Will definitely try this recipe out and let you know how it went.
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