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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Persian Pomegranate Soup


I saw this recipe for Persian Pomegranate soup a couple of weeks ago on the Morsels and Musings blog. It looked and sounded really interesting to me. I think I have tried pomegranate before but I have never bought them, actually the taste was very familiar and I think the flavour is similar to cranberry.


It is a very hearty stew with pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses, lamb, beetroot, split peas, basmati rice plus loads of fresh herbs and spices. I was unable to find Aleppo pepper so I googled it and found a substitute - 4 parts sweet paprika and 1 part cayenne pepper. I used lamb chops and included the bones but actually it is more suited to lamb diced (like the recipe says!). I also used part pomegranate juice from the fresh pomegranate and part pomegranate juice from a bottle (it was slightly sweetened).


The flavour was really interesting, sweet and sour at the same time. I liked my first few mouthfuls but only once the complex flavours lingered in your mouth were you begging for more. I just kept going back to the pot! I really liked this dish, and I am so glad I cooked it, as it is different to anything I have tasted before.

10 comments:

  1. Never tried any fruity soup, sounds interesting and looks very yummy.

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  2. How different and fun. I would love to try something like this. I love the unique use of pomegranate!

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  3. I've never tried a soup with pomegranate, but I do love pomegranate. I would love to try it because you make it sound yummy.

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  4. lovely combination haven't had this

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  5. Pomegranates are so yummy. I have never tried it in a soup before, very interesting! I love a good stew this time of year, I will have to try this one soon! :)

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  6. What an unusual but lovely sounding dish! And I have two bottles of pomegranate molasses that I need to use up too so win win :)

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  7. It sounds different enough to be really interesting. I've never used pomegranates in this way before. I'll have to give this a try. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  8. How unique! It sounds very good using pomegranates in a soup. The stew looks delicious!

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  9. That sounds really interesting. I love pomegranate so I could definitely enjoy this soup!

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  10. muppy, you are a star!
    i am so glad you tried it out and loved it too.
    thanks for linking to my recipe :)

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