Sockerdricka (Swedish Ginger Drink)

Name: Sockerdricka (Swedish Ginger Drink)
Ingredients: 20 litres water; Peel of 1 lemon; 1 kg white granulated sugar; 60 g yeast; 25 g ginger; Raisins

Sockerdricka (Swedish for "sugar drink") is a soft drink from the 19th century.

Ingredients

20 litres water
Peel of 1 lemon
1 kg white granulated sugar
60 g yeast
25 g ginger
Raisins

Steps

Boil the sugar, water, lemon and crushed ginger for 15 minutes.
Strain the mixture and let it cool.
Mix in the yeast and let the mixture ferment for 2 days.
Put the drink in bottles, and add a raisin to each bottle.
Cork the bottles, and let rest for 5 days. After 5 days the sockerdricka is ready for drinking.

More recipes with lemon, yeast, ginger or raisins

Adapted from “Sockerdricka (Swedish Ginger Drink)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.