I love Pomegranates! So easy to de-seed them too!
Get a big batter or mixing bowl and fill it to about half to three quarters full of just plain tap water.
Then slice off the bud and stem end of the pomegranate until you just start to see the seeds.
Then, using a sharp knife, carefully score around the fruit's leathery peel about 1/16th of an inch or less deep. Just get through the skin.
Then, put the fruit in the water and with your hands, crack/break the fruit open where you scored it. It will come apart easily.
The seeds can be easily popped out. They will all sink to the bottom of the bowl full of water. The pith and peelings will float.
Using your hands or a strainer, scoop out the pith and the peelings.
Then, gently pour out the water and the seeds into a plastic strainer.
You will have pure unbroken beautiful seeds. One big fruit will give you about 3/4 cups to about 1 1/4 cups of seeds.
The seeds are great on salads, they are awesome in salsas and fresh fruit cups. They are great when squeezed in making sorbet or even gelato!
They look awesome in mixed drinks and martini glasses. Add them to muffins along with cranberries.
Our family will munch on them like a snack.
We like them with roast chicken dinner with some crushed and some whole mixed with toasted pine nuts.
Add pomegranate seeds to your cookie recipes for a delicious touch.
The seeds will have a crunch to them, and some people don't like that, but we do.
Have fun with them. They are so fun to eat!
