The Grenadine Solution
HERE'S A YEAR-ROUND GRENADINE SOLUTION. After posting our grenadine recipe (see Jack Rose, 14 May 2005), we realized that if you missed pomegranate season, you'd have to wait until next winter to try this recipe. So last night we made a batch with POM pomegranate juice. The results? If fresh pomegranate grenadine is equivalent to fresh organic whole milk, then grenadine made with POM is pasteurized and homogenized supermarket milk. There's a difference, but it is only obvious if you are drinking it straight. Commercial grenadine lands somewhere around Coffee Mate in this metaphor.
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.
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