What to do with leftover fresh ginger?

Leftover ginger?

Do you sometimes have fresh ginger in your fridge that is slowly but surely rotting away?

You bought it because you wanted to cook a certain dish. You may have cooked that dish, but now you have a large amount of ginger left over. And you don’t know what to do with it.

I think this has happened to all of us at one time or another. Instead of consigning it to the compost, you can do a lot of fine things with it. Here are some ideas:

Ginger water

For one liter of water, you need a piece of fresh ginger about 2 cm big. You just have to grate it – with or without peel – and mix it with the water. Then put it in the fridge – after about an hour it is ready to drink.

Candied ginger

You can eat candied ginger instead of candy. Or you can make a fruit tea sauce with candied ginger.

I’ve never done this myself and need first to figure out the best way to candite.

Spice up the jam with ginger

Try this apricot jam

Ginger tea

Peel ginger, and cut it into small pieces. Pour 3 dl of boiling water over about 1 tsp of it. Leave to infuse for 3-5 minutes, then strain. Sweeten with honey or rock candy. This tea warms the body and soul in winter. You can also eat the boiled ginger pieces.

Dry ginger

Peel the ginger and cut it into small pieces. Spread them on a thin cloth and let them dry in a warm place. On the stove, on a sunny windowsill, or in the dehydrator (on the dehydrator without cloth).

You can infuse the dried ginger as a tea, or you can make syrup from it.

Ginger syrup

Try this recipe

Ginger cookies

Here you can find the recipe

Tea with ginger

Peel ginger and cut it into small pieces. Add to your favorite tea and pour everything together. Goes very well with black and green tea but also with rooibos or fruit tea.

Ginger ice cream

Simply add 1 – 2 tablespoons of grated ginger to the basic recipe.

Pickled ginger

This pickled ginger is mainly eaten with sushi. But you can also enjoy it with raclette.

Also there I am still a newbie and have to try it first –> I will keep you posted

Ginger Sambol

Just add a teaspoon full of grated ginger to this recipe

What do you do with leftover ginger?