Post #254188 by TraderJonah on Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:52 PM

TO MAKE GRENADINE: combine equal parts sugar and water in a sauce pan. Two cups of each should do it. (Sounds familiar? Yup. Grenadine is just simple syrup with a whole bunch of pomegranate seeds simmered into it.) Peel a pomegranate or two. Break the seeds apart and add them to the sugar and water. Simmer over low heat for 30 to 45 minutes until the color of the liquid is as red as the formerly red seeds are white. Let the mixture cool before you strain it.

You can also substitute POM juice during the off season.

To make grenadine with POM, combine equal parts sugar and POM in an uncovered saucepan. Simmer for about half an hour to reduce it by a quarter to a third. Allow it to cool. Then pour it into a bottle. The color is darker in the bottle, but in a drink it still provides that rosy blush. Plus, it has the natural flavor grenadine had when most drinks that call for it were invented.

Let us know how it turns out.