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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Spray a cooling rack with nonstick spray and set it in a half sheet pan lined with parchment. | 2. Peel the ginger root(use the back of a spoon, it gets into all the grooves) and slice into 1/8-inch thick slices using a mandoline. Place into a 4-quart saucepan with the water and set over medium-high heat. Cover and cook for 35 minutes or until the ginger is tender. | 3. Transfer the ginger to a colander to drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid. Weigh the ginger and measure out an equal amount of sugar. Return the ginger and 1/4 cup water to the pan and add the sugar. Set over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar syrup looks dry, has almost evaporated and begins to recrystallize, approximately 20-40 minutes. Make sure you continously stir. It may feel like you've been stirring the ginger forever, but when it starts to crystallize, it will happen very quickly. | 4. Transfer the ginger immediately to the cooling rack and spread to separate the individual pieces. Once completely cool, store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Save the sugar that drops beneath the cooling rack and use to top ginger snaps, sprinkled over ice cream or to sweeten coffee. | 5. Any liquid can be used to flavor tea or used for hot tea. Some people said they had to cook it longer. It's worth every minute. :). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
nonstick cooking spray				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
gingerroot	1	lb		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
water	5	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar		pound	granulated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.