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Syrup of Pomegranates

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Pomegranates
  2. Liqueurs
  3. two pints of water
  4. four pounds of sugar au fort soufflé
  5. four pints of fine sugar vinegar
  6. four pints of syrup
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Pomegranate Source of vitamin K · Source of folate · Source of copper

    Source of vitamin K · 16 µg per 100 g, 22% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin K contributes to normal blood clotting.
    • Vitamin K contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Vitamin K is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. It’s important for blood clotting and healthy bones and also has other functions in the body. NIH fact sheet

    Source of folate · 38 µg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Folate contributes to maternal tissue growth during pregnancy.
    • Folate contributes to normal amino acid synthesis.
    • Folate contributes to normal blood formation.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Folate contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism.
    • Folate contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Folate contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Folate contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Folate has a role in the process of cell division.

    Folate is a B-vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. Your body needs folate to make DNA and other genetic material. NIH fact sheet

    Source of copper · 0.2 mg per 100 g, 16% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
    • Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
    • Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Pomegranates, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

  2. Syrup Source of iron

    Source of iron · 3.6 mg per 100 g, 26% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Iron contributes to normal cognitive function.
    • Iron contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Iron contributes to normal formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin.
    4 more authorised claims
    • Iron contributes to normal oxygen transport in the body.
    • Iron contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Iron contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Iron has a role in the process of cell division.

    Iron is a mineral that the body needs for growth and development. Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body, and myoglobin, a protein that provides oxygen to muscles. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Syrup, Cane”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Strop de Grenades.
  2. — Take a sufficient quantity of fine ripe pomegranates, of which the grains are very red ;
  3. five fine ones ought to give four pints of syrup;
  4. break the grains;
  5. put them on the fire with two pints of water, and let them boil seven or eight minutes;
  6. put it then through a cloth, wringing it well to express all the juice;
  7. have a pound and a half of sugar au soufflé, and put in the juice ;
  8. boil it till it arrives at its proper point ;
  9. finish .
  10. it as the other.
  11. Muscated Syrup of Vinegar.
  12. Muscat.
  13. Take four pints of fine sugar vinegar, and have ready four pounds of sugar au fort soufflé ;
  14. put it in, and bring it to its point: at the first boil take it off;
  15. skim when cold, and bottle it.
  16. LIQUEURS BY INFUSION.
  17. —— Liqueurs par Infu-

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon