Cheat’s ginger beer

• ginger↗100g g

  scrubbed and roughly chopped

• lemon↗1

  chopped

• light muscovado sugar↗100g g
• 1-litre bottle chilled lemonade

  or sparkling water, to serve

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Put the ginger and lemon in a bowl, pour over 300ml water and blitz with a hand blender until very smooth. Strain through a sieve into a bowl, then press the pulp to remove as much liquid as you can. Add the sugar to the bowl and blitz again.

2. 2

   Decant into a bottle. Chill until ready to use. Add the lemonade or sparkling water to dilute before serving.