Black strap molasses?!
Answers: I bought some black strap molasses, thinking it would be a good replacement for honey. But it has this slightly bitter taste. Now I don’t know what to do with the entire jar. Does any one have any suggestions? How should I use it? Do you guys like the taste?
I'm from the South, and we were raised on black strap molasses. We used it in the morning, lightly warmed, over fresh baked biscuits. If your molasses is bitter, it may have been sulfured. Try using it in baked beans, onion chutney or Vidalia preserves, on buckwheat pancakes, grits, oatmeal, or make barbecue sauce with it. Or, you could use it in baking. Anything with ginger or spice would work. If you wok, it could serve as a unique base with sweet and sour or Thai based cooking. Molasses can always be pared with ginger... btw, if the bitterness, or 'twang' bothers you, try sorghum molasses next time, or light molasses. Sorghum is more delicately flavored...
I haven't bought black strap molasses yet but I see it in a lot of recipes. Everything from barbecue sauce to baked desserts can be made using the stuff. I imagine that the taste is bad if eaten by itself but mixed into things I am sure it provides that sweet taste without the bitterness.
Mix it with honey.and use it.i am online now for help.megan.
i made the same mistake. i used it to make my own brown sugar. just add 1 tablespoon of the molasses to 1 cup of sugar and mash it with a fork until its consistent in color and texture.
Great to add to chili. Great for barbecuing. Check out vegweb.com and do a search for molasses. Ton's of recipes.
I find it helps if I cut down the strong & bitter taste by mixing it with brown rice syrup, and use this mixed version in baking, smoothies, my morning oatmeal, etc.
Like one of the other responders, I also use blackstrap mixed with sugar to make my own brown sugar.
Blackstrap has a pretty strong flavor, but it's a good source of calcium and iron so if you can find a way you like to eat it, it's good for you. I make my oatmeal with lowfat almond milk, then swirl a tablespoon on blackstrap molasses into it. The creaminess of the oatmeal offsets the taste of the molasses really nicely. Have it with a glass of oj or some strawberries for a source of vitamin c and you have a calcium and iron-rich breakfast.
A great honey replacement is rice nectar: http://store.foodfightgrocery.com/juliho...
Blackstrap Molasses is a great source of calcium and iron - but no, it isn't a honey replacer! Agave is a better replacement for honey, if that's what you're after.
Blackstrap Molasses is good for other things. Mix a tbsp into peanut butter cookie recipes to make them taste more Peanut Buttery (or even mix a little into your PB for a sandwich), and you can also make gingerbread cookies or gingerbread, which is really yummy and the deep molasses taste goes well with the peppery ginger!
Try this one for a start:
http://shmooedfood.blogspot.com/2005/09/...
I don't use blackstrap much, and some of the folks here have some great ideas, but a good replacement for honey is agave nectar.