Gingerbug is a probiotic starter culture for making homemade soda, ginger beer etc. A gingerbug is very simple to create and it will take approximate 4-6 days to get one ready for use. Then it is added to a soda tea and bottled to build up a nice fizzy soda. This receipe is will give you about 1L of gingerbug and it is good for a 10 to 15L final product.
Recipe
- 5dl water
- 1dl table sugar
- 1dl + 1dl grated ginger root
Boil 1dl water and use it to disolving the sugar in a 2l mason jar
Add 4dl of cold water to the sugarwater to bring it down in temperature
Grate the ginger root with the skin on and add to the mason jar
Put some cloth on top of mason jar and set it of on the kitchen counter
After 2-3 days it should have started to bubble and fizz, then add additional 5dl water and 1dl grated ginger root (with the skin on) and 1dl sugar. Stir it up and set aside for a few days.