Pomegranate Molasses
Pomegranate Molasses

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pomegranate molasses. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pomegranate molasses is a traditional ingredient in Middle Eastern cooking and can be used in a variety of dishes such as Fesenjan Persian chicken stew or eggplant lentil stew. Pomegranate molasses has become one of my favorite ingredients, but it's a tricky one for many people. Pomegranate molasses is a pretty simple ingredient (you can even make it yourself).

Pomegranate Molasses is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Pomegranate Molasses is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pomegranate molasses using 3 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pomegranate Molasses:
  1. Prepare 4 cups Pomegranate juice
  2. Get 1/2 cup cane sugar
  3. Make ready 1 tablespoon lemon juice - approx. 1 small 🍋

It has a bright ruby red color, and its sweet and sour flavor goes well with so many other ingredients. Pomegranate molasses is a naturally sweet & sour pomegranate reduction sauce used in Middle Eastern, African and Persian cuisine (and possibly others!) and something I've grown up enjoying a lot. Top pomegranate molasses substitutes are cranberry juice concentrate, grenadine, balsamic vinegar & sugar, sweetened pomegranate juice syrup, & tamarind paste with honey. Pomegranate molasses is not molasses at all, but rather a syrup made from concentrated pomegranate juice and sugar.

Steps to make Pomegranate Molasses:
  1. Grab a lemon and roll it against your palm and hard surface(It will maximize juice output). Cut in half and squeeze into a bowl by any means necessary. Make sure it's fresh 100% juice. Put aside for the moment.
  2. In a 4 quart saucepan set over medium add the Pomegranate juice. Warm it for 3 - 5 mins.
  3. Once it's warmed up add the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves completely.
  4. Now that the juice and sugar are one, toss in the lemon juice and stir it in well.
  5. Turn the heat to medium-low and walk away from the pan(not too far).
  6. Let the mixture simmer and reduce for approximately 70 minutes or until its volume has reduced to a cup or cup and a quarter(depending how syrupy you want your grenadine). DO NOT STIR!!While it's reducing. For me about 70 mins is plenty of time.
  7. After it's reduced to the consistency of your liking. Take the saucepan off the heat and let cool in the pan 20-30 minutes.
  8. Transfer to a clean, sanitized glass jar and allow to cool completely before covering and storing it in the fridge.
  9. Enjoy for up to 6 months if well stored. I prefer Mason Jars.
  10. I should mention I made this to add to my pomegranate mixture for homemade Grenadine. I use it at the bar I work at. Everyone loves it!

I'll show you how to use this very sweet and tart ingredient in cookies. Pomegranate molasses (also known as pomegranate syrup) is made throughout the Middle East in countries like Iran, Syria, and Lebanon. Traditionally the molasses is made by simply reducing. Pomegranate molasses is simply pomegranate juice, reduced to about a quarter of its initial It's been used in Persian cuisine for centuries. How to make pomegranate molasses if you can't find any.

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