Is it possible to make ginger beer suitable for diabetics ?!
Is it possible to make ginger beer suitable for diabetics ?
It must havea good G/Beer taste.
Rose P.
Answers:
GINGER BEER
1/2 lb. ginger
Few grains rice
3 lbs. sugar
1/2 lime
4 to 5 cloves
Use dry ginger. Combine all ingredients in a jar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cover and let stand for 2 days. Strain and re-bottle. Chill and serve over ice.
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GINGER BEER (West Indies)
1/2 lb. ginger root, scraped
3 tbsp. sugar
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Peel of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp. rice
1 1/4 liters hot water
1 tsp. cream of tartar
Sugar to taste
Soda water
Put first six ingredients in a wide mouth bottle and put in the sunshine, or near a stove for 3 days. Strain, sweeten to taste. Add 1 cup of club soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Leave for two days. You may cut scraped ginger root and flatten if you like.
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GINGER BEER
Fresh ginger, 1 med. size piece
Some rice grain
Sugar
Grenadine-flavored syrup
Vanilla essence or almond essence or lime juice
Wash ginger; pound a little so it will boil more quickly. Put ginger in pot (white enamel pot is best) with water and boil. The longer you boil the ginger, the stronger the taste will be; if ginger taste is too strong, add more water.
Remove pot from stove. Add a few rice grains (for fermentation). Cover and let cool overnight. Then strain liquid using a sieve or sifter.
To strained liquid, add sugar and grenadine flavored syrup to taste. Also, add 1 of the following; 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond essence, or lime juice. Refrigerate. Serve chilled over ice.
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GINGER TEA OR GINGER BEER
This is what I used to make for the men in the summer when they worked in the hay field because ice water isn't good to drink when you are so warm. 1/2 c. sugar 2 tsp. ginger
Mash up the ginger, add a cup or 2 of Splenda, pour over a pot of boiling water. Put it in a glass bowl or stainless steel bowl, cover it and let it sit on the counter for a day or two.
I would put the ginger in the food processor, do not puree it, just get ti to a pulp. Unless your fermenting it the rice or yeast is not nessessary, let it steep for a day or 2 and then add a bit of sparkling water.
I am a diabetic and former chef, a spalsh of fresh lemon when serving sparks it up.