Cheat’s ginger beer

Name: Cheat’s ginger beer
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 100g ginger , scrubbed and roughly chopped; 1 lemon , chopped; 100g light muscovado sugar; 1-litre bottle chilled lemonade or sparkling water, to serve

Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:10 mins
- No cook
Easy
Serves 6

Ingredients

100g ginger , scrubbed and roughly chopped
1 lemon , chopped
100g light muscovado sugar
1-litre bottle chilled lemonade or sparkling water, to serve

Method

STEP 1
Put the ginger and lemon in a bowl, pour over 300ml water and blitz with a hand blender until very smooth. Strain through a sieve into a bowl, then press the pulp to remove as much liquid as you can. Add the sugar to the bowl and blitz again.
STEP 2
Decant into a bottle. Chill until ready to use. Add the lemonade or sparkling water to dilute before serving.