Here's another suggestion for a holiday gift. By now you know I'm a ginger fanatic, so when I saw this recipe on David Lebovitz's site I thought it would be a great time to give candied ginger a try. It lasts for a few months so you can make it now and still use it in for holiday gifts.
I bought the biggest piece of ginger I could find and started scraping off the skin. Yikes! David suggested using the bowl of a spoon to scrape the ginger, but that didn't work great for me, so then I just cut the ginger in pieces and used a potato peeler. It still wasn't ideal, but it got the job done quicker. I have to say, this process took longer than I'd like to spend on peeling anything, and I started to get a little frustrated. But I got through ginger hell and sliced it all up and started the candying.
Now that I've complained for a whole paragraph, there are some perks to this recipe. First, you get a lovely ginger simple syrup after you're done boiling the ginger. I highly recommend making your own ginger ale with this. You also get some ginger sugar, which comes from the excess sugar from coating the candy.
In the end, the ginger is tasty and turned about better than any other previous attempts I've made. That being said, I think I'd rather buy candied ginger at the store. If it weren't for all that peeling, I'd definitely like this recipe more but I just can't get past that. Give it a try and see what you think.
Candied Ginger
from David Lebovitz
edible gift: candied ginger
Here's another suggestion for a holiday gift. By now you know I'm a ginger fanatic, so when I saw this recipe on David Lebovitz's site I thought it would be a great time to give candied ginger a try. It lasts for a few months so you can make it now and still use it in for holiday gifts.
I bought the biggest piece of ginger I could find and started scraping off the skin. Yikes! David suggested using the bowl of a spoon to scrape the ginger, but that didn't work great for me, so then I just cut the ginger in pieces and used a potato peeler. It still wasn't ideal, but it got the job done quicker. I have to say, this process took longer than I'd like to spend on peeling anything, and I started to get a little frustrated. But I got through ginger hell and sliced it all up and started the candying.
Now that I've complained for a whole paragraph, there are some perks to this recipe. First, you get a lovely ginger simple syrup after you're done boiling the ginger. I highly recommend making your own ginger ale with this. You also get some ginger sugar, which comes from the excess sugar from coating the candy.
In the end, the ginger is tasty and turned about better than any other previous attempts I've made. That being said, I think I'd rather buy candied ginger at the store. If it weren't for all that peeling, I'd definitely like this recipe more but I just can't get past that. Give it a try and see what you think.
Candied Ginger
from David Lebovitz
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December 14th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I am such a ginger fanatic. I can just eat and eat. Plus I need to make some of this candied ginger, because it is great when you have motion sickness, something I get way to often (after taking the subway and then going in cars….AHH)
April 6th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Maybe it’s an idea to freeze the ginger? I always keep my fresh ginger in the freezer. It’s quite easy to get the skin off because you can just grate it.
Really loved your post on candied citrus peels as well. I’m definitely going to try them!