Post #610488 by n0ir on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 7:29 PM

I have both tried to reduce pomegranate juice and adding sugar and the recipe where you squeeze fresh pomegranates (easy with my ordinary Mexican elbow juicer) and add the juice to a simple syrup.

The grenadine made from reducing juice was terrible. The color looked like brown sewage. Not nice. Not nice at all! It also had quite a pronounced "cooked" taste.

The grenadine made from freshly squeezed juice was great, although a bit tart. The color was off though, but after I made a batch with a handful of dried hibiscus (found in the health store as a tea) it had a great, blood-red color. Really easy as well.

I added some pomegranate molasses, but I don´t really think it did much for the taste and it colors the grenadine brown.