Flavor Packed Ginger Syrup Recipe

This ginger syrup recipe is an easy way to make sure that you’ve always got delicious ginger flavor at hand. It’s endlessly versatile and can be used in sweet or savory recipes. It also makes a great gift.

Ginger imparts such a wonderful flavor to so many of our favorite dishes. But we don’t always have fresh ginger root at hand. In my book, I share a recipe for making pickled ginger, but this ginger syrup is another way to stretch the shelf life of flavorful ginger root.

How to Make Ginger Syrup

Start by making the ginger water. Peel, slice, and cook fresh ginger root to impart the flavor of ginger to the water. Strain the liquid from the cooked ginger, reserving the cooked ginger for another use.

Heat the flavored water with sugar to make a flavorful sugar water. Depending on how much sugar you use, you’ll have a medium (sweet) or heavy (really sweet) simple syrup. Since the flavor of the ginger is so strong, I don’t recommend it as a light syrup. You really do need that extra sweetness to counter the spice of the ginger.

Ingredients

Fresh ginger root — Choose fresh ginger root that is smooth and full. Shriveled and dried up roots will be difficult to work with and are obviously not at peak flavor.