Summer is running out and with September there are also many good intentions: what better time to adopt a new, healthy habit? We have already spoken many times and on several occasions of ginger (Zingiber officinalis), a perennial plant that typically grows in tropical climates and in particular in East Asia. The aromatic root of ginger, with a lumpy appearance and yellowish color, contains a firm and white pulp, extremely tasty and with many virtues.
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Summer is running out and with September there are also many good intentions: what better time to adopt one new, healthy habit? We have already spoken many times and on different occasions of the ginger (Zingiber officinalis), a perennial plant that typically grows in tropical climates and in particular in East Asia. The aromatic root of ginger, with a lumpy appearance and yellowish color, contains a firm and white pulp, extremely tasty and with many virtues.
In fact, ginger has been cultivated as a medicinal plant and consumed for therapeutic purposes since ancient times: not only stimulates digestion and circulation but is known for action antiulcer, for its beneficial effects on biliary secretion, as an analgesic and bactericide. It is also great restorative tonic: it is in fact useful to fight against fatigue, asthenia and even impotence (on the aphrodisiac virtues of ginger we advise you to take a look at our old article).
In Western cuisine, ginger - unlike other spices - not much used yet: it is more used in beverages (for example in Ginger ale) and gives them a slightly spicy aftertaste. Today we offer you the recipe for an original ginger-based drink: fresh and healthy. To prepare it you need a few simple ingredients.
ingredients:
- 1 fresh ginger root about 5 cm long
- 1 and a half liters of water
- 1 lemon
- sugar (about 200 grams)
Preparation
First thing pour the water into a saucepan. Peel the ginger root e grate it entirely: then pour the grated ginger into the pot and bring to a boil.
Let it boil for about 15 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the liquid cool.
Once cooled, pour it into a jug and put it in the fridge to cool further. When it has reached the desired temperature, add it XNUMX/XNUMX cup sugar (better if cane, dosing the quantity according to your personal taste) and mix vigorously until absorbed.
Finally add the juice of one lemon.
Et voilà: the drink is ready to be served, preferably with ice, and to refresh your late summer days .. but not only! We are sure that it can also become a tasty and healthy aperitif for your autumn evenings.
S.Z
