Malian Ginger Juice

Malian Ginger Juice


Ingredients

•     1/3 pound fresh unpeeled ginger root, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
•     1 1/2 cups water, or as needed to cover
•     4 large lemons, juiced
•     1 cup white sugar
•     7 cups water, or as needed
•     16 leaves fresh mint, crushed

Instruction

    Place ginger into a blender, cover with 1 1/2 cup water, and blend until ginger is thick and pasty. Strain and squeeze juice from ginger pulp into a 2-quart pitcher, squeezing ginger mixture as dry as possible.
    Stir lemon juice and sugar into ginger juice until sugar has dissolved. Pour 7 cups water into mixture, stir to combine, and serve garnished with crushed mint leaves.