Hibiscus Ginger Ale

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons dried hibiscus flowers (or 1/2 cup fresh hibiscus flowers)
• 1/4 cup gingerroot, roughly grated, unpeeled
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 pinch salt (optional)
• cold club soda (or tonic water)

Recipe

• 1 add the hibiscus, gingerroot, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and 1 cup water to a small saucepan and stir to combine. bring just to a boil over high heat. stir to make sure all the sugar has dissolved. take off heat and steep for 20 minutes. strain the syrup into a jar, squeezing the solids to extract maximum flavor. discard the flowers and gingerroot.
• 2 to make soda, stir 3 tablespoons of syrup into 8 ounces of cold carbonated water.
• 3 the syrup will keep for 2 weeks in the fridge, but the flavor of syrups made with fresh flowers may change after a few days.