Candied Ginger And Syrup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh ginger
• 3 cups water
• 3 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 peel ginger and slice into rounds about 1/8 inch thick.
• 2 mix sugar and water in a large sauce pan and bring to boil.
• 3 when sugar is disolved, add ginger and boil for 45 minutes.
• 4 ginger should be sweet and tender.
• 5 drain ginger and reserve liquid.
• 6 place ginger on rack to dry for 30 minutes.
• 7 toss with sugar to coat.
• 8 let dry on wax paper.
• 9 store in airtight container.
• 10 boil reserved liquid until reduced to a syrup with consistency between maple syrup and honey. (mine was that way after the 45 minutes with the ginger in it.
• 11 sugar will crystalize, but just and a little water and boil.
• 12 store in airtight container in refrigerator.
• 13 syrup can be used for waffles, icecream, tea, or whereever you use syrup.