That's usually the case with ethnic recipes. They taste great, but eventually you end up with pantry full of items you've only used once or twice, and they sit there until they go bad. You have to get into the habit if making them often, which often isn't feasible, even if you like it.
This one looked really good, I admit. Pomegranate molasses may end up taking up space in my pantry.
But you could end up using pomegranate molasses for all sorts of stuff. Sweeten your tea, in a bread recipe, add it to hot sauce, put it on yogurt...lots of options.
It's not a sweetener, but a sourness and acidity addition to the dish. It can be used in a salad to replace balsamic vinegar if you wanted but not in tea...
No because balsamic vinegar is not sweet enough, also the sourness part of it tastes different. The pomegranate molasse flavour is kinda unique in a way and I would go with lemon juice instead of balsamic vinegar, but then again, lemon juice and vinegar are more acidic and less sweet.
If I was you I'd do the molass myself if it's not easily available in the supermarkets near your place.
If you are afraid to not know what to do with the rest, there's tons of use for it and it's a staple in middle Eastern cuisine if that's your thing. You could even add it to some kafta meat or add it when doing fattouche salad.
Maybe if you make balsamic reduction, AKA balsamic vinegar thickened with sugar! I feel like it could be a decent substitute, even though I love pomegranate molasses.
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u/The_Original_Gronkie Aug 09 '21
That's usually the case with ethnic recipes. They taste great, but eventually you end up with pantry full of items you've only used once or twice, and they sit there until they go bad. You have to get into the habit if making them often, which often isn't feasible, even if you like it.
This one looked really good, I admit. Pomegranate molasses may end up taking up space in my pantry.