Good morning,

This morning I will be writing you a couple of the easiest recipes you will probably ever learn.  However, learning these recipes will not only save you money, time and make your cocktails taste better but you will learn how to make probably the most important addition to many cocktails.  Like I said, these syrups are probably the easiest to make so lets get cracking.

Simple (Sugar) Syrup

Ingredients

- 2 Parts granulated sugar (2 cups)
- 1 Part water (1 cup)

Method

Add the ingredients to a pan and bring to the boil. Keep stirring the ingredients making sure all the sugar is dissolving. Once dissolved, remove from the heat and allow to cool. Store in an unused glass bottle and store in the refrigerator until needed.

Grenadine Syrup

Ingredients

- 2 lbs of Pomegranates
- 1 Pint water
- Sugar -> Equal measure to the pomegranate juice after filtration
- Red food coloring, optional

Method

Extract all the pomegranate seeds from the skin and the membrane. Place the seeds in the saucepan and pour in the 1 pint of water. Bring the water to the boil and then allow to simmer. Stir the ingredients until the pomegranate seeds release their juice (should be about 5-8 minutes). Then strain the mixture through a sieve into a measuring jug or bowl. Throw away the seeds and after measuring the juice put it back into the pan. Now add exactly the same amount of sugar to the pan as there was juice. Bring to the boil once again and simmer. Keep stirring the ingredients making sure the sugar is dissolving. Once the sugar has dissolved, take off the heat and allow to cool. Add the red food colouring and stir. Pour into a glass bottle and store.

Well these two recipes are probably the most important recipes out of them all. As these syrups are the most popular, especially sugar syrup.

Anyway, until our last installment in our syrup making week. Bye for now.

Andy