Strawberry simple syrup is a sweet way to make the most of summer strawberries! Try this vibrant red simple syrup in cocktails, as a cake soak, or as a glaze for fresh fruit. With optional ginger for a bit of spice.
Photography by Kelly Neil
Simple syrup forms the basis for most cocktails, and it’s what you’d reach for to soak a cake, or pastries like baklava. Just because simple is in the name doesn’t mean yours needs to be boring, though! Adding strawberries and ginger takes this recipe from plain to excellent.
Use this strawberry simple syrup anywhere you might use a liquid sweetener. Brush it onto a chocolate cake, vegan vanilla cake, or as a replacement for maple syrup on pancakes and waffles.
Our strawberry basil margarita and gin basil smash recipes call for simple syrup, and both would be excellent with this syrup! We love flavoured syrups at Baked. Check out this hibiscus simple syrup for another vivid pink treat, or try homemade orgeat.
Use the JUMP TO RECIPE button at the top, or scroll to the bottom of the post to see the printable recipe card with full ingredient measurements and complete instructions.
Recommended Tools
- A sterilized flip-top glass bottle is ideal for storage. You can use another clean bottle or jar, though, whatever you have on hand.
- A funnel (if using a bottle!)
- Saucepan
- Fine sieve/strainer
Ingredients
- Fresh Strawberries: you can use frozen when out of season, but fresh is best.
- Fresh Ginger: dried ginger won’t work – just omit if you don’t have fresh.
- Sugar: plain white sugar.
- Water: tap or filtered if necessary.
Keep scrolling to see clear and detailed process shots, as well as tips and notes to help you make Strawberry Simple Syrup perfectly the first time!
Method
TOP TIPS
1. Sterilize the bottle. This will ensure the syrup lasts as long as possible.
2. Don’t shorten cooking time. You want to get all the flavour out of those strawberries, and a longer simmer will ensure that.
3. Freeze it. A cube of strawberry syrup makes for a fancy glass of lemonade or can be added to plain water – great for picky kids in the summer!
Recipe Notes
- Spooning off the foam is optional, but will make for a nicer syrup.
- Pressing on the berries to extract the most syrup possible is great for quantity, but can make the end result a little cloudier.
- Instead of tossing the cooked strawberries from the syrup use them to top ice cream, waffles, or stir them into your morning yogurt. You could also include some in the strawberry mixture of these strawberry hand pies since ginger and lime are great together.
- There are no substitutions for this recipe.
How to Store and Freeze Strawberry Syrup
- Strawberry ginger simple syrup will keep for up to one month in the refrigerator.
- Simple syrup can be frozen! Try freezing it in ice cube trays for lightly sweetened cold drinks and cocktails this summer.
FAQ
It should be good for about a month, refrigerated, if the jar has been sterilized. Give it a good shake before using if it’s cold.
You can add strawberry simple syrup to cocktails or drinks like lemonade. Brush it onto cakes to moisten and add flavour or top pancakes and waffles. Since it’s liquid, it’s easier to mix with cold drinks as there’s no need for it to dissolve.
Short answer, definitely. You might need different quantities and cooking times, though, so you’d have to experiment a bit with this. Some berries also have more noticeable seeds so you’d need to strain through a cloth.
More Strawberry Recipes We Love
Strawberry Slush With Lime
Strawberry Baked Oatmeal
Small Batch Strawberry Jam
Vegan Strawberry Streusel Loaf
Recipe
Strawberry Simple Syrup with Ginger
Description
Equipment
- Cooking pot
- Fine mesh sieve
- Measuring cups or a digital kitchen scale
- Funnel
- Bottles Sterilized
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 cup plain sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Place the strawberries, ginger, sugar, and water in a medium-large pot. Bring to a rolling boil on high heat (which takes about 12-14 minutes) then reduce the heat to medium. As the mixture simmers it should be frothy with lively bubbles but not boiling over. Continue to simmer for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and spoon off any excess foam that may be present.
- Set aside on a rack to cool for at least one hour. Using a fine meshed sieve, strain out the solids from the syrup.
- Funnel the syrup into a sterilized bottle, or pour it into a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Strawberry syrup will keep in the refrigerator for up to one month.
Notes
Storage
- Strawberry ginger simple syrup will keep for up to one month in the refrigerator.
- Simple syrup can be frozen! Try freezing it in ice cube trays for lightly sweetened cold drinks and cocktails this summer.
Notes
- Spooning off the foam is optional, but will make for a nicer syrup.
- Pressing on the berries to extract the most syrup possible is great for quantity, but can make the end result a little cloudier.
- Instead of tossing the cooked strawberries from the syrup use them to top ice cream, waffles, or stir them into your morning yogurt. You could also include some in the strawberry mixture of these strawberry hand pies since ginger and lime are great together.
- There are no substitutions for this recipe.
Nutrition
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This post was first published in June 2020. It has been updated most recently as of May 2022.
Katerina | Once a Foodie says
This looks and sounds utterly delicious and just screams summer! Love the addition of ginger.