This ginger beer is very spicy. Adjust the amount of lime juice and sugar to your taste.

Ingredients

　　2 pounds ginger, cut into 1-inch pieces

　　1 gallon boiling water

　　1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice (about 8 limes)

　　1 1/2 cups superfine sugar

　　Place the ginger in the bowl of a food processor, and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a large pot or bowl, and add the boiling water. Allow to stand for 1 hour. Drain through a fine sieve lined with a double thickness of damp cheesecloth. Discard the solids. Add the lime juice and sugar, and stir to dissolve.

　　Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group.Buy the full book from Amazon.