Syrup
Sour Pomegranate Molasses
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Sour pomegranate molasses is reduced from tart fruit with little or no added sugar: almost vinegar-fruit, thin-to-thick, for kebabs and salads that must not go sticky-sweet. Iranian cooking often wants this edge. A few drops. Traditional molasses is balanced; this is the sharp knife.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Fesenjan SourKebabSalad
Traits
DropsIranian EdgeKebabLittle SugarNot StickySharpTart FruitVinegar Fruit
History
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Iranian cooks favoured sour anar rob for fesenjan and kebabs.
Sour pomegranate molasses was imported for cooks who found grocery bottles too sweet.
Sour and sweetened pomegranate molasses were labelled as a pair.