Grenadine
Fruit syrup with a flavor that is both tart and sweet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grenadine /ˈɡrɛnədiːn/ is a nonalcoholic bar syrup commonly used as a cocktail ingredient, distinguished by its sweetness, mild flavor, and red color. Popular in mixed drinks, grenadine syrup was traditionally made from pomegranate, but today is most prevalently made from commercially produced natural or artificial flavors, as well as substitute fruits (such as blackcurrant, elderberry, raspberry, gooseberry and their juices).[1]
Name
Grenadine syrup was originally prepared from pomegranate juice, sugar, and water, [2] with its name deriving from the French word grenade, for pomegranate (from the Latin grānātum, "seeded").
It is not related to the Grenadines archipelago, which takes its name from Grenada, itself from Granada, Spain.[3]
Modern and commercial variants
As grenadine is subject to minimal regulation, its basic flavor profile can vary widely from the original pomegranate to combinations of unspecified natural and artificial flavors, to the use of other fruits, such as blackcurrant, elderberry, raspberry, and gooseberry.[4]
To reduce production costs, manufacturers have widely replaced fruit bases with artificial ingredients. The "Rose's" brand (owned by Mott's) is by far the most common grenadine sold in the United States,[5] and is formulated from (in order of concentration) high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, FD&C Red #40, natural and artificial flavors, and FD&C Blue #1.[6]
Use
Grenadine is commonly used to mix both modern and classic cocktails, including:
- El Presidente – rum, orange curaçao, vermouth, and grenadine
- Mary Pickford – white rum, pineapple juice and grenadine
- Queen Mary – beer, grenadine and maraschino cherries, drizzled with cherry syrup
- Singapore sling – a gin-based sling cocktail
- Tequila sunrise – tequila, orange juice and grenadine
- Ward 8 – "a whiskey sour with a few dashes of grenadine added"[7]
- Zombie – a rum-based Tiki cocktail
Grenadine is also a popular ingredient in such non-alcoholic drinks as the Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, and pink lemonade. It also may simply be mixed with cold water or soda.
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