Malian Ginger Juice

Ingredients

• 0.3 pound ginger root fresh unpeeled cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 16 leaves mint leaves fresh crushed
• 4  juice of lemon juiced
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• blender

Directions

1. Place ginger into a blender, cover with 1 1/2 cup water, and blend until ginger is thick and pasty. Strain and squeeze juice from ginger pulp into a 2-quart pitcher, squeezing ginger mixture as dry as possible.
2. Stir lemon juice and sugar into ginger juice until sugar has dissolved.
3. Pour 7 cups water into mixture, stir to combine, and serve garnished with crushed mint leaves.