Ginger (edible, not hair)

[starone]

I've just been given, as part of a present, a jar of stem ginger in syrup. So what do I do with it all you cleverclogs? Do I spoon it out of the jar and eat it as is, or do I use it in recipes? If recipes, what suggestions have you got? Please? .... Anyone?

[vodkancoke]

Stem ginger cookies are delish:

I use this recipe

4 oz (approx 100 g) butter
2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoons) golden syrup
1 oz (approx 25 g) sugar
2 oz (approx 50 g) stem ginger
6 oz (approx 150 g) self-raising flour
1 teaspoon (1 x 5 ml spoon) ground ginger

Chop the stem ginger into small pieces (about half the size of a raisin, or whatever size you prefer).
Put the butter, syrup and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Remove from the heat.
Stir in the flour, ground ginger and chopped stem ginger. Mix thoroughly. It should form a soft dough that leaves the sides of the pan clean.
Put teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto a greased baking tray, spaced about 1 inch (approx 2-3 cm) apart to allow room for the biscuits to spread as they cook. I usually get about 30 biscuits out of the quantities given, but you can make the biscuits larger or smaller according to taste.
Bake at about 180 C (approx 375 F) for about 15 minutes until the biscuits are golden brown and set.
Remove from the tray and cool on a wire rack.
Store in an airtight tin. If they get the chance, they keep for up to 2 weeks.


You can also make stem ginger cake:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ygingerbreadpud_67342

[Lie-in King]

Empty jar into bin.
Wash jar thoroughly.
Use jar to keep something edible in.

Possibly more helpful things here :-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...eywords=stem%20ginger

[chi-chi66]

sounds good...I love gingerbread cake, a hangover from childhood that my nan used to make.

[starone]

Thanks vodka. I hate to waste anything so I shall try both recipes. One more thing, if you don't mind, do I wash the syrup off the ginger or spoon it out with the pieces? Sorry to be so ignorant.

[vodkancoke]

No keep the syrup on the ginger pieces. Don't wash it off :)

[starone]

Just noticed there are 147 recipes in the link you gave me so I shall not be lost for stem ginger recipes. Thanks again.

[Old_Geezer]

You seem to have enough suggestions, but I'd eat some as it is, and can suggest using it in a cake. Stem ginger is great stuff.

[starone]

Fortunately I like ginger, which is why I get it as presents, but have never cooked with it or had stem ginger. It is usually either crystallised ginger or encased in chocolate. Thanks again everyone for all your suggestions.

[jamesnan]

Lovely chopped up, and spooned over ice cream, together with some of the syrup. I add it chopped up into the fruit mix when making marmalade, gives it a lovely tang. Chop it up and put it into fruit cake mixture.

[tamborine]

Have you got halitosis :)

[HowardKennitby]

ginger is very good for you. Can't remember why, but it is, really.

[lady-janine]

think some one once told me it helped control travel sickness if small piece eaten before travelling.

[HowardKennitby]

here are some uses. I knew I did not imagine it.

http://www.nutrasanus.com/ginger.html

[askyourgran]

Lovely dipped in chocolate, or put in cookes as vodka suggests, and as an aid for digestion star.

[heathfield]

A relative of mine adds lots of small chunks of sweet stem ginger when making marmalade. Every time we visit, my wife and I hope we'll be offered a jar to take home with us! Yummy.

[woofgang]

chop a little up and add it and some syrup to a prawn, pork steak or chicken stir fry.