This is my stem ginger in syrup recipe which I have given once before in Bite. To make it, firstly, peel around 800g of ginger. You can do this really easily with a potato peeler — although the ...
Making both stem ginger and crystalised ginger is actually ... At this point you can decant the ginger and syrup into sterilised jars, seal them while hot and leave to cool overnight at room ...
Set aside 1tbsp sugar. Heat the rest gently in a pan with butter and syrup. Stir together flour and ground ginger in a bowl. Take pan off heat, add stem ginger, then stir the syrup into the flour.
Once the sponges are cool, trim off any domed tops with a serrated knife before using a pastry brush to brush the tops of each sponge with syrup from the stem ginger jar. Now it’s time to ...