Upside-Down Pear

One of the recipes in my last post called for pomegranate molasses. Depending on where you live, this might be annoying to find. Here are some options!

1. If you have a local Middle Eastern grocery or deli, check there. Mine is the Alwadi brand. Sometimes, other brands are called pomegranate syrup. Check the ingredients; it should have pomegranate juice and perhaps citric acid in it, not much else.
2. If you have access to a source of real grenadine — NOT colored corn syrup! — guess what real grenadine is? …yep, pomegranate syrup, with extra sugar in it. If you use this, cut the amount of sugar in the khoresht-e fesanjan
3. If you have no Middle Eastern grocery around, and no source of real grenadine, check your regular supermarket for pomegranate juice. You can cook it down into syrup; again, if you do this, cut the amount of sugar in the fesanjan.