Recipes: Ginger lemon fizz

Ginger lemon fizz

A refreshing alternative to shop-bought soft drinks, perfect for the summer

  • 50g fresh root ginger , roughly chopped
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 2 lemons , sliced, plus extra to serve
  • sparkling water

    Method

    1. Place the ginger, sugar and lemon slices in a pan with 150-200ml water. Bring to the boil, then cook until the sugar dissolves. Take off the heat, leave to cool, then press through a sieve.
    2. To serve, pour into a pitcher and top up with sparkling water and extra lemon slices.

    TryTIP

    You can store the syrup in the fridge for up to 1 week.

    PER TBSP SYRUP

    25 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 6g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 7g, salt 0 g