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Ginger things up a bit!

10/3/2016

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I had thought that things were becoming milder her in the UK. I had decided that I wouldn't need the woodburner anymore until the Autumn and that my Celtic boots could be put away. Then this week is has been colder than ever, icy, sleety and generally unpleasant. So, the fire has been stoked up in The Old Smithy and I have been looking to hot drinks to keep warmed through and through.

Today I have been making some Ginger Cordial and nothing comes warmer than that. Trev and I spent some time in Dublin last week and m'son Rob was left to look after The Chix. As a thank you, we bought him a bottle of Irish Whisky - Jamesons. Now, I know I have the same name and all, but I am nothing to do with the famous whisky distillery. I haven't researched it - I don't need to - Jameson was the name I chose and changed by Deed Poll  when I left a husband a few years ago. ( It is actually quite liberating to choose your own name! )The odd thing is, that when I chose this name I had no thoughts of making jam my career. People often say to me, along the lines of 'jam by name, jam by nature'. Just a happy coincidence though. Anyway, back to the whisky, I suggested to Rob that it would be more than pleasant as a hot toddy, mixed with my Ginger Cordial and some hot water - only I didn't have any cordial. So I have made some and I will show you how here.


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Firstly - what type of ginger? Well, I always like to use fresh if I can. Ginger is available absolutely everywhere today so there is no need to use the dry powder - unless you are making gingerbread or something like that. For chutneys - and this cordial - use the fresh. For the cordial, or if you are using in a spice bag in a chutney, i.e. the ginger isn't staying in the end product, then don't peel. Take off any really knarly bits and then chop the rest skin and all. The skin is very thin and you will lose so much ginger trying to remove it. Then all you have to do is chop it up according to the instructions in the recipe. ( See the handy chart above )
 Right, for the Ginger Cordial you will need:-

140gms/6 tablespoons finely chopped ginger
1.5 litres/60 fl oz water
1 kg/35 oz muscavado sugar
175ml/7 fl.oz. fresh lemon juice
4 teaspoons citric acid

Start by chopping up the ginger - leaving the skin on. I actually do this in a goblet food processor using the water from the recipe.

Pour the water and ginger mix into a pan and bring to the boil. Turn the heat down and cook gently for around 10-15 minutes.

Strain through a jelly bag, muslin, coffee filter or strong kitchen paper and discard the ginger.

Put the gingery water into a clean pan and add the remaining ingredients.

Stir together to dissolve the sugar and cook gently for a further 5-10 minutes.

Carefully pour the hot cordial into your warmed bottles and seal. I like to use the  milk bottle style - this recipe makes around 7-8 250ml bottles.

The cordial keeps quite well but for extra shelf life you can water-bath the bottles to sterilise (you can see the method here, in a previous blog, towards the end )

This cordial is lovely and warming and especially so if you add hot water and sip it slowly, mix in sitting by a log fire and all problems melt away. You can add whisky or brandy if you so choose and make a hot toddy, add a cinnamon stick for stirring.


processing the ginger and water
measuring the lemon juice
heating ginger + water mixture
straining through a jelly bag
all ingredients added
Bottling into warm bottles
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