how to preserve fresh ginger!

it’s so easy to preserve fresh ginger!

fresh ginger in a mason jar filled with cooking sherry

Happy New Year all – I’m comin’ in strong with this great tip on how to preserve fresh ginger!

I feel like the last several weeks have been consumed with holiday busy-ness, and so were my posts. So much to share with you, but it’s Friday so let’s start with one of my favorite favor-“ettes”!

I used to waste so much ginger!

peeled fresh ginger

Ginger is one of those ingredients that irks me. I use it often in my cooking, yet never need more than a tablespoon (usually less). I used to leave the rest to shrivel in the produce drawer until I threw it away.

I had no idea that you could preserve fresh ginger so easily!

Then one day I came across this tip on how to preserve ginger in cooking sherry. You simply peel the ginger and cut it into chunks. Place in a clean container (such as a mason jar or empty mustard jar) and cover completely with the sherry. Store, covered, in the fridge.

peeled fresh ginger

fresh ginger in a mustard jar filled with cooking sherry

That’s it!

I love this tip so much because I now always have ginger on-hand, and it lends a nice flavor to the sherry – an ingredient I also use fairly often.

fresh ginger in a mason jar filled with cooking sherry

And because I’m getting over a cold this week, let me also pass on one of my favorite ways to use fresh ginger – you know, now that YOU’LL always have it at the ready too!

fresh ginger in a mason jar filled with cooking sherry

Ginger Lemonade

sherisilver
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Drinks
Servings 1
Calories 82 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated over the large hole side of a box grater
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • pinch cayenne

Instructions
 

  • Pour the boiling water over the ginger. Cover and let stand for 5-10 minutes. Strain the ginger, and add the remaining ingredients. Drink it as hot as you can stand it.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 82kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 27mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 2IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
Keywords ginger, honey, lemon, tea
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Here are five great recipes using fresh ginger!

Gingery Maple Salmon

Ginger Glazed Ribs

Orange Ginger Cranberry Relish

Tahini Tofu Bowl

Ginger Syrup

fresh ginger in a mustard jar filled with cooking sherry

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10 Comments

  1. Patty Chang Anker on January 6, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Great tip! Does it change the flavor of the ginger at all?

    • sheri silver on January 6, 2012 at 11:08 am

      Thanks! I’m sure it does, slightly (sherry being on the milder side) – but as I’m never using the ginger raw I’ve never noticed. If you’re concerned, simply slice off the outer edges before using. Ginger is so dense and fibrous that the sherry doesn’t really penetrate. Let me know what you think!

  2. Cindy on January 9, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Love this tip! I use a small cube of ginger when I make vegetable/fruit juices and just like you said, the rest just sits in the drawer until it get thrown away. Thanks for this!

    • sheri silver on January 9, 2012 at 8:54 pm

      So glad you liked it (and even gladder that I’m not the only one guilty of this!)…..

  3. Amy on February 6, 2013 at 9:36 am

    You can also grate the ginger and freeze it thin and flat in a baggie. Just break off a piece when needed and throw it into your dish!

    • sherisilver on February 6, 2013 at 12:08 pm

      THAT is a great idea; thanks! 🙂

  4. Big Teapot on July 31, 2013 at 1:33 pm

    You can also just freeze the whole piece of ginger and use the micro plane to grate off the amount you need.

    • sherisilver on July 31, 2013 at 2:57 pm

      Love that (LOVE my microplane!) – thank you! 🙂

  5. Wendy on May 3, 2023 at 11:22 pm

    These are great tips. I’m lucky enough to have three pots of ginger, so I can dig up a piece when I need it.
    Keeping the leftovers in sherry or the freezer will be useful.

    • sherisilver on May 4, 2023 at 8:34 am

      This is one of my all time favorites so I’m thrilled that you found it! And lucky you to grow your own ginger! 🙂

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