My husband and I grew up drinking " Shirley Temples" as a treat.
It is a child's drink made of sprite with a little grenadine poured in.
The HFCS and red dye in store bought grenadine make me cringe though, so we haven't bought it in years.
The HFCS and red dye in store bought grenadine make me cringe though, so we haven't bought it in years.
My husband happened to find out that
grenadine is made of pomegranate juice (we had always assumed it was
cherry) and we made our own this weekend.
3 simple ingredients and the end product tasted perfect!
3 simple ingredients and the end product tasted perfect!
We used
1 bottle of Pomegranate juice (2 cups)
2 cups of sugar
5" piece of orange peel. (not pictured) I used a potato peeler to get 1 big strip off.
We put all the ingredients in a saucepan and boiled it for 15 minutes.
We let it cool and poured it into a jar.
We added some syrup to a cup and filled the rest with Sprite. (There is a little too much in the photo below). Add a maraschino cherry to be extra fancy and enjoy!
That is so cool!! I am going to have to make that for my girls. Such a fun little drink! :-)
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