Cheat’s ginger beer

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Ingredients

100g ginger , scrubbed and roughly chopped

1 lemon , chopped

100g light muscovado sugar

1-litre bottle chilled lemonade or sparkling water, to serve

Method

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.

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