Recipe - Fresh Ginger Ale

2 cup Coarsely chopped, peeled
Fresh ginger
3 Strips lemon peel, pith
Removed
1 One half cup Sugar
3 Quarts chilled club soda
Ice cubes

Put ginger, lemon peel, and 4 cups of water into a 4quart pan. Bring to
the boil, and continue boiling, without lid, for about 10 minutes. Stir in
1 One half cups sugar and boil for about 15 more minutes. Liquid should have
reduced to about 3 cups. Pour through a wire seive and discard the peel
and ginger. Cool the syrup, cover and chill for at least an hour. To
serve, pour One fourth cup of the syrup into a tall glass and add 1 cup of the
club soda. Add ice and more syrup if needed. Source: Adapted by Deborah
Kuhnen from "Sunset" magazine, July 1996 issue.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #243 by William Bebout
wbbebout@evansville.net on Sep 13, 1997