How to Make Pomegranate Molasses

I'm not exactly sure when I started hearing about pomegranate molasses, but it was such an interesting concept I had to try it out.

I'm a girl who loves regular ol' sorghum molasses. It's good stuff. It's especially good dripping out of a buttery biscuit.

I've not tried pomegranate molasses in a biscuit yet, but don't worry... I will soon!

Pomegranate molasses is a staple in middle eastern cooking. I don't do a lot of middle eastern cooking, but I love foods from that area. The molasses is a rich, thick syrup basically made from simply cooking down pomegranate juice.

• This molasses can be used to make beverages, sauces, homemade marinades, salad dressings, etc...
  
• You can also make appetizers by placing cream cheese chunks on crackers and drizzling the pomegranate molasses over them.
• It's also excellent drizzled over meats such as chicken and pork, as I did last night.
  

You can also buy pomegranate molasses at a variety of online stores for exorbitant prices, but why would you do that, when you can easily make it right in your own kitchen for a fraction of the cost!

Here's how to make it:

Start with either fresh squeezed, or a bottle of fresh pomegranate juice.

You will need:

• 4 cups pomegranate juice
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp. lemon juice

Mix 4 cups pomegranate juice with sugar and lemon juice. If you want a sweeter molasses, add more sugar, I prefer it on the tart side.



Boil in a medium sized sauce pan until mixture reduces to around 1 cup of liquid. This will take anywhere from 45 minutes - 1 hour and 15 minutes.




When the molasses has boiled down to just about 1 cup of thick liquid, let it cool. It will continue to thicken as it cools.


Use immediately in cooking, as a marinade, in salad dressings, beverages, etc...


I used this as a glaze over our boneless pork chops last night for dinner. (You can see Karen's Sweet Potatoes there, they were YUMMY!!) It was delicious!




Store leftover pomegranate molasses in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks!

I'd love to hear how you would use pomegranate molasses!
Try it and let me know what you think!

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