Cocktails with Grenadine syrup
Grenadine is a deep-red bar syrup, traditionally pomegranate juice and sugar, sweet with a tart edge.
How it's used
Poured last and gently, it sinks: the layered look of a Tequila Sunrise is just density. At 5 ml it mostly colors and at 10 it sweetens; beyond that, grenadine starts to lead the drink.
Substitutes for Grenadine syrup
Homemade grenadine
The best substitute, in the same amount. Stir two parts sugar into one part pomegranate juice by volume over gentle heat, without letting it simmer. Taste: it carries real pomegranate.
The next best, in the same amount: just as red and sweet, with raspberry in place of pomegranate.
Pomegranate molasses
A kitchen ingredient: a teaspoon adds tart pomegranate, far more sour than sweet.
Will not do: it colors the drink but carries far less sugar.
