The main ingredient in Shirley Temple's and Roy Roger's, grenadine was originally made from pomegranate juice, sugar, water and rosewater. In recent years however major manufacturers have replaced pomegranate juice with artificial flavorings, losing the unique flavor.

Fortunately, it's incredibly easy to make Grenadine and the flavor is so much better that you will never be tempted by that sickly sweet syrup that currently passes for grenadine!

So let's get to it!

How to Make Grenadine Tutorial:

You will need about 1 ½ cups of pomegranate arils... which if you are using fresh pomegranates is about 2 pomegranates.

Put them into a small food processor or blender and blend them up, then strain through a fine mesh strainer.

Second step in how to make grenadine - straining the arils through a mesh strainer.

Then add about a tablespoon of pomegranate molasses...

Third step in how to make grenadine - adding the pomegranate molasses to the pomegranate juice

Then you add the sugar....

4th step in how to make grenadine - adding sugar to the pomegranate juice.

Then add about a teaspoon of rosewater...

5th step in how to make grenadine - adding rosewater to the grenadine.

And that's it.... Congratulations on learning How to Make Grenadine!!!

Bottle of grenadine, pomegranate arils and a glass with grenadine and sparkling water.

Wondering what to make with your new batch of grenadine? How about a Pomegranate Lime Gin Fizz?

📖Recipe

Homemade Grenadine

Making your own grenadine is incredibly easy and completely worth it! You will never go back to that sickly sweet stuff!!

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Course: condiment

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 65kcal

Author: Nancy Buchanan

Ingredients

1 ½ cups pomegranate arils
1 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon Pomegranate molasses
1 teaspoon rosewater
1 teaspoon vodka optional

Instructions

Juice the pomegranate arils.
In a large measuring cup, add the sugar the the juice and stir to combine.
Add the pomegranate molasses and stir.
Add the rosewater and stir.
Pour the grenadine into a clean glass stoppered bottle or jar and refrigerate. Grenadine will last in the refrigerator for up to one month.
For longer storage, add 1 teaspoon of vodka and stir. Refrigerate.

Recipe Notes

Because most bottled fresh pomegranate juice has been pasteurized the flavor is not as bright and fresh as freshly squeezed. However, it will work just fine so feel free to substitute commercial pomegranate juice for freshly squeezed.

This recipe produces a thinner syrup than other recipes. If you wish a thicker syrup, you can bring the juice and sugar mixture to a boil and boil until it thickens. This will however dull the flavor.