Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Crystallized Candied Ginger

Preparation info
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    2 cups

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
top 1000The New Basics Cookbook
The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups peeled and diagonally sliced fresh ginger (¼-inch-thick slices)
  • Salt

Method

  1. Place the ginger slices in a medium-size saucepan and add cold water to cover. Stir in a pinch of salt, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Then drain the ginger, rinse it under cold water, and drain again.
  2. Repeat this process three more times, each time using fresh cold water and another pinch of salt.
  3. Return the ginger to