Recently, JT and I spent three wonderful weeks touring through London, Almeria, San José, Granada, Sevilla, Madrid and finally Paris. It was awesome. I will recount some wonderful meals and memories in future posts but I wanted to share a quick and easy recipe to make pomegranate syrup because my dear friend Sissi (With A Glass) recently posted a beautiful salad which included pomegranate seeds and the dressing was created with pomegranate molasses, a slightly sweet and sour syrup.
Sissi’s post went live around the time we had just spent the day in Granada, a large, historical city in the south of Spain. We did a wonderful walking tour of the city with Panchotours with Registered Tour Guide, Veronica and at one point she mentioned that the word Granada in Spanish means pomegranate! What a coincidence! The name is appropriate because the streets are lined with gorgeous pomegranate trees. Yes, you could just reach up and grab a fresh pomegranate, how cool is that? Sadly, they were not quite ripe enough, otherwise, you know I would have!
Several weeks prior to our departure, we purchased something and for some unknown reason were given a 473 mL bottle of Pom Pomegranate Cherry Juice for free. We don’t normally drink juice as it is far better to eat your fruit than drink it so it sat in the refrigerator until now! Making the syrup is so easy, I won’t even list it as a recipe. Simply pour the entire content of the bottle into a non-reactive pan and boil it on medium-high for about 30 -40 minutes or until it reduces to about 100 mL. I didn’t want an overly thick syrup (the viscosity is about the same as maple syrup) so you could boil it down even more — but be very careful, after a very short time, it can burn very easily! Allow to cool and pour into a sterilized bottle. Store in a cool, dark location.
This would work as a great substitute for pomegranate Molasses…will try this out…great share!!! We were in Spain last year and loved Madrid, Marbella and Barcelona…hope you had a great trip too:))
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Oh, how I’ve enjoyed Spain, Eva, and I knew that you both would, too, as well as Paris, Now that’s the way to plan and end a European holiday! I’m not overly fond of pomegranate molasses but I bet I’d find cherry-pomegranate molasses much more to my liking. I’ve plenty of tart cherries in my basement freezer. This year, when I start baking my winter fruit pies, I’ll save the juice and attempt to make my own syrup. Thanks for the inspiration and I’m really eager to learn more of your recent trip.
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Thank you kindly John. I used the last of my syrup on Friday on braised Brussels sprouts with pomegranate seeds.
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Your trip sounded amazing! I can’t wait to hear more about it. I won a giveaway of a lot of pom juices—that have been sitting in my pantry since this summer. Now I will make some syrup–as I’ve looked for pomegranate molasses without any luck. I’d love to see a street lined with pomegranate trees, but till I do, I’ll work on making some syrup 🙂
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How cool, winning all that Pom! Lucky you. This is a great way to use the juice and so versatile.
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I make pomegranate molasses and in particular pomegranate grenadine all the time. Good stuff. And sounds like a fun trip. I’ve been to Grenada, but that way decades ago — sometime back in the 70s. Time to visit again!
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I didn’t think about the cocktail implications, thank you!
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Looks sinfully delicious. Don’t buy Pom juice but next time it is on sale I will give this a try. Looking forward to reading about your trips.
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Thanks Norma, it’s a tasty drizzle on a variety of things.
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Wonderful, Eva. xx
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Koszonom.
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Granada looks really beautiful! The syrup sounds so good and simple to make.
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Thanks Angie, it is quite easy indeed.
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I didn’t know that Granada meant pomegranate! Love the texture of that syrup Eva! Divine and versatile.
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Thank you kindly, Lorraine. I didn’t know that special piece of trivia either.
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Eva, it was an incredible coincidence indeed! Thank you so much for you kind mention of me and my blog. I go hooked on pomegranates and the molasses too. Your syrup looks and sounds fabulous and I bet you’ve had wonderful part of holidays in Granada.
I also never buy fruit juices (I even know people who took on quite a lot of kilos, drinking pure fruit juices by litres every day, thinking they were doing something good…), but now I’m really curious about the one you mention.
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Thank you Sissi, the syrup is wonderful on a variety of things for sure. Our time in Spain was very special indeed.
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