Fesenjan

Ingredients

• olive oil
  ¼ cup
• onions

  sliced thin
  2 small
• garlic

  minced
  3 cloves
• cinnamon
  ½ teaspoon
• nutmeg
  ¼ teaspoon
• walnuts

  finely ground
  2½ cups
• pomegranate syrup <ref>Pomegranate syrup is available in most Middle Eastern and health food stores. If it is unavailable

  you can use an equal amount of frozen, concentrated cranberry juice. The flavor is roughly the same.</ref>
  ⅔ cup
• stock or water
  2½ cups
• sugar
  2 tablespoons
• salt
  1 tablespoon
• pepper
  2 teaspoons
• saffron (optional)
  1¼ teaspoons
• limes

  juice of
  2 unit
• – 3 lbs bone-in poultry

  of choice
  2½ unit