Turks and Caicos Islands, recipes from the Islands

Ginger Beer
Recipe is for 1.5 L plastic bottle

2 tblspns warm water
1/2 tspn sugar
1/4 tspn dried yeast granules
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1 cup sugar
juice of 2 lemons
rind of 2 lemons
1 tspn to 1 tblspn dried ginger

Put first measure of sugar in warm water to dissolve, add yeast and stir. Place in warm place to start working.

Finely grate or slice rind from 2 lemons and place in a heatproof container with the 1 cup of sugar and the dried ginger. Pour over 1 cup of boiling water and leave to steep for 10 minutes. Strain into 1.5 L plastic bottle in which the ginger beer will be made. Top up bottle with cool water to near top so that final temp is approx. body temp. Add yeast to bottle as soon as it shows signs of working, ie. it foams. Cap bottle tightly. Mix thoroughly and put in a warm place. Leave until bottle becomes undentable. Depending on the yeast this can take anything from 12 hours to 3 days, but best to check regularly, as I guess there is a risk of explosion with this! Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled and

WARNING
Open with great care and don't let the Ginger Beer sit more than 1 1/2 weeks getting hard. Bottles have been know to explode from the bubbles.

Recipe submitted by Sonya Clark

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