Best Date Syrup, 450g Middle Eastern Ingredients|Sauces & Condiments

Basra Date Syrup, or date molasses, is made from 100% natural date juice. It has a rich datey sweetness, and is used widely in Middle Eastern cuisine. This date syrup often forms the base of the popular drink ‘jallab‘ when mixed with a little rosewater and sparkling water. Date molasses for the treacly rich syrup. 

In a recent Guardian interview, Ottolenghi referred to date syrup the one “curveball” ingredient in his book Jerusalem and it features in our Jerusalem ingredients set. Ottolenghi recommends drizzling date syrup on “roasted veg or hummus-like purées.” Date syrup is also beautiful drizzled over goats cheese, greek yoghurt, or as a substitution for processed sugar in baking recipes.

What is date syrup?

• Basra Date Syrup is 100% natural and datey sweet.
• Widely used in Middle Eastern cuisine for its richness.
• Forms the base of the drink ‘jallab’ with rosewater.
• Ottolenghi recommends it for roasted vegetables and hummus.
• Can be drizzled on cheese, yogurt, or used in baking.

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Ingredients: 100% natural date juice. 200g of dates per 100g of date syrup, 62% sugar. Made in the Netherlands using ‘Deglet Nour’ dates from Tunis (Tunisia).