Water Kefir Recipe Molasses

If using ginger juice and lemon juice skip to step 5.

Water kefir recipe molasses. It s not a complex thing to work with. Aluminum and other metals can leach when coming into contact with acidic liquids such as water kefir. Instructions fill two half gallon mason jars with 4 cups cool tap water in each. Water kefir is pretty simple to make you may find you already have most of what s needed.

Capture as much of the fresh ginger juice as possible. It takes a little bit of work and something that you can mix later on. Sugar cane is mashed to create juice. First you will want some basic measuring cups and spoons stainless steel or plastic is best.

Water kefir like most fermented foods supports gut health and systemic wellness. Leave on the counter preferably at 70 75 f for 24 48 hours. After 48 hours strain the water kefir grains through a bamboo or non metal mesh strainer pouring the liquid into another container. Second you will want a strainer on hand fine plastic nylon or stainless steel.

Ingredients 3 tbsp water kefir grains 4 cups of filtered water chlorine free 1 4 cup of sugar molasses coconut palm sugar maple syrup brown sugar 1 tsp of molasses provides necessary minerals if you are using white sugar flavours for the 2nd ferment see above. You can use water kefir grains and liquid to make any number of drinks. A second boiling creates molasses. You will not want to process the same thing at once.

It s then boiled once to create cane syrup. Measure and stir in molasses until it dissolves. Recipe below blackstrap molasses is a byproduct of sugar cane s refining process. If you are completely new to water kefir you can find instructions here.

Blend 2 inches of ginger with 4oz of water. The beneficial bacteria in the water kefir grains consume the sugar in the sugar water and as they metabolize the sugar they produce a variety of beneficial acids food enzymes b vitamins and more beneficial bacteria. Add the hydrated water kefir grains. Strain and blend with an additional 4oz of water to extract as much of.

Grate ginger then add to a muslin tea bag. Cover with a towel cheesecloth or coffee filter and rubber band to keep out insects and small children. You ll want to make kefir grains separately and then add molasses to the mix and that s it. Add cup kefir grains to each jar.

Add lemon and dates to container. Add cup sugar in each stirring to mostly dissolve. Add kefir water to each jar optional you can obviously only do this after your first batch of kefir so just leave it.