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    Things To Do With... Leftover Stem Ginger

    19/02/2013 by thebakingexplorer 16 Comments

    Stem ginger is made by boiling peeled fresh ginger, making a ginger syrup with sugar and then putting it in jars. It lasts a long time unopened, but once opened it'll need to be stored in the fridge and used within 8 weeks. If you have any leftover stem ginger after using a bulb or two in a recipe, I've collected some delicious idea and inspirations to use it up and avoid wasting this delicious and flavoursome ingredient.

    If you fancy making your own stem ginger Tales From The Kitchen Shed has a fabulous homemade stem ginger recipe.

      
    Rhubarb & Stem Ginger Fool Sticky Ginger Lemon Drizzle Cake Stem Ginger Custard Tart
    Uses 1 bulb of Stem Ginger Uses 2 bulbs of Stem Ginger Uses 2 bulbs of Stem Ginger
    Stem Ginger Spiced Apple Pie Lemon & Stem Ginger Scones Rhubarb & Sticky Stem Ginger Crumble
    Uses 2 bulbs of Stem Ginger Uses 2 bulbs of Stem Ginger Uses 2 bulbs of Stem Ginger
    Quick Stem Ginger Ice Cream Ryan Chong's Key Lime Pie Stem Ginger Pudding
    Uses 70g Stem Ginger Uses 3 bulbs of Stem Ginger Uses 3 bulbs of Stem Ginger
    Chocolate & Ginger Tarts Sticky Stem Ginger Pudding
    Uses 4 bulbs of Stem Ginger Uses 240g Stem Ginger

    Let me know in the comments if you make any of these Leftover Stem Ginger recipes and how they turn out!

    More leftover ideas...

    Ripe Bananas Marzipan Egg yolks

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    Comments

    1. Sarah Barnes

      February 19, 2013 at 1:05 pm

      I've had my eye on that Sticky Ginger Lemon Drizzle Cake since it was on the cover of the mag a while back!

      Reply
      • Kat Buckley

        February 20, 2013 at 10:18 pm

        I think I will be making it very soon!

        Reply
    2. Victoria Lee

      February 19, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      Some great ideas here and that Drizzle Cake looks to die for! x

      Reply
      • Kat Buckley

        February 20, 2013 at 10:18 pm

        I know, it may very well be appearing on my blog soon...!

        Reply
    3. Angela Darroch

      February 21, 2013 at 7:12 am

      I am working my way through a jar t the moment and was going to make some ginger ice cream today. Some great ideas here - thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Kat Buckley

        February 24, 2013 at 9:38 pm

        Ice cream is a great idea! Would go nicely too with some of the recipes here 🙂

        Reply
    4. Miss C Flash

      February 23, 2013 at 6:26 pm

      Hey, you could also try my low fat stem ginger cake, if you want to use up some spare stem ginger 🙂

      Reply
      • Kat Buckley

        February 24, 2013 at 9:38 pm

        Thanks for the tip Miss C! Looks yummy 🙂

        Reply
      • KT

        January 08, 2017 at 2:32 pm

        Thank you Miss C your cake looks amazing. I have been looking for something to do with my ginger. Plus this looks like I can make it paleo also for a friend.

        Reply
    5. Laura Loves Cakes

      March 03, 2013 at 9:38 pm

      Hi Kat, thanks for including my chocolate tarts in your post...love all the ideas! And thanks for the Versatile Blogger Award...sorry I've been a bit slow to respond, I've been unwell for a couple of weeks and thought it was a good time to have a baking/blogging/twitter sabbatical but I plan to get back to it soon! Thanks again! 🙂

      Reply
      • Kat Buckley

        March 04, 2013 at 6:45 pm

        Hi Laura, you're very welcome on both counts! Hope you feel better soon and I look forward to reading about your next bake 🙂

        Reply
    6. Georgia H

      July 20, 2019 at 12:52 pm

      Two teaspoons of stem ginger syrup in your coffee makes gingerbread coffee! Delicious!

      Reply
    7. John Daniels

      December 10, 2021 at 10:55 am

      Can you use Stem Ginger in syrup to make stem ginger jam? As I have a 250g unopened jar and would like to experiment to see if it is possible. The recipe I have found appears to use stem ginger root.

      Reply
      • thebakingexplorer

        December 10, 2021 at 1:32 pm

        Hi John, I've never made stem ginger jam so I don't know. There are a few recipes online that use it combined with another fruit to make a jam like this one: https://domesticgothess.com/blog/2016/11/14/pear-and-ginger-jam/

        Reply
    8. rowan eisner

      December 27, 2021 at 3:40 am

      I was thinking parkin - BBC has recipes

      Reply
      • thebakingexplorer

        December 27, 2021 at 5:55 pm

        Hi there, you can find my Parkin recipe here: https://thebakingexplorer.com/parkin/ I don't tend to add stem ginger to it, but it would be a delicious addition!

        Reply

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