Pomegranate and is now widely distributed in the United States and Canada. Grenadine syrup long ago consisted of thickened and sweetened pomegranate juice, now is usually a sales name for a syrup based on various berries, citric acid, and food coloring, mainly used in cocktail mixing. In Europe, Bols still manufactures grenadine syrup with pomegranate. Before tomatoes (a New World fruit) arrived in the Middle East, pomegranate juice, molasses, and vinegar were widely used in many Iranian foods, and are still found in traditional recipes such as "fesenjān", a thick sauce made from pomegranate juice and ground walnuts, usually spooned over
Aguardiente It is then taken straight as shots, mulled with cinnamon ("canela" in Spanish) and fruit juices to make the hot cocktail "canelazo", or mixed with the juice of agave masts and Grenadine syrup for the hot cocktail "draquita". Locally or artisanally made aguardiente is commonly called "punta", "puro" or "trago", and alcohol content can vary widely, from "mild" "puntas" of about 10% to "strong" of about 40% or higher. The traditional distillation process produces aguardiente as strong as 60 g/L. Every Ecuadorian province has a slightly different flavour to the aguardiente produced there, and equally each province has a different