Honey-ginger Limeade

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh ginger
• 2 slices lime peel (3-inch strips)
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice
• 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and thinly sliced (optional)
• 1 (1 liter) bottle sparkling water, chilled
• ice cube
• lime wedge
• fresh ginger, slices

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan combine 2 cups of the water and the finely chopped ginger. bring to boiling; reduce heat. boil gently, uncovered, for 3 minutes. remove from heat; stir in lime peel. cover and let stand for 15 minutes. strain into a pitcher; discard solids.
• 2 add brown sugar and honey to ginger liquid in pitcher, stirring to dissolve sugar. stir in lime juice, jalapeno pepper (if desired), and the remaining 1 cup water. cover and chill for at least 2 hours (up to 3 days).
• 3 before serving, add the reserved squeezed lime halves to pitcher. slowly pour sparkling water into ginger liquid in pitcher; stir gently to mix. serve in brown sugar-rimmed glasses*** over ice cubes. garnish with lime wedges and ginger slices.
• 4 serving tip:.
• 5 place brown sugar in a shallow dish. rub a lime wedge around the edge of each glass and dip the edge into the sugar.