Pomegranate Recipes
73Pomegranates are a favourite the world over. They are packed
with vitamin C and are also a good source of fibre. The fruit is said to lower
cholesterol as well as reduce the risks of heart failure. It contains a lot of
potassium and is said to be a great anti-oxidant.
So what can you do with pomegranates? First of all, you have
to remove the pomegranate arils or pearls from the skin – make sure you remove
all the pith. Then, it’s ready for any recipe.
Pomegranate Salads
Dice and steam a beetroot, mix with the pomegranate, add a
few mint leaves, chopped, mix in some vinaigrette dressing and it’s a great
salad.
You can also add it to chopped, boiled chicken and walnuts
mixed with mayonnaise and shredded basil.
Pomegranate Breakfasts
Great as a juice for breakfast or even eaten just as it is,
it can also make a wholesome meal when you add the pearls to yoghurt with a
dash of honey.
It makes a great jelly with pectin.
Pomegranate Desserts
Thicken the juice with a bit of cornflour and it makes a
great topping for ice-cream.
Set the juice with gelatine, cut into cubes and top with brandy custard sauce.
Pomegranate Juice
Put it through a blender with a little bit of water, strain,
and you have wonderful pomegranate juice. A dash of salt and pepper adds to the
taste.
It tastes great in a cocktail with 1/3 soda, 1/3 vodka and
1/3 pomegranate juice.
Grenadine Syrup
Pomegranates are also called grenadas in some parts of the
world and grenadine syrups are made with this fruit. Put the arils or pearls in
a blender and strain. Add an equal quantity of sugar to the juice and bring to
the boil, simmer for 10 minutes and you have a wonderful, home-made grenadine
syrup. If the pomegranate is pink or red, the syrup will have a wonderful colour.
If it’s white, you might want to add a bit of food colour to the syrup.
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Thank you - it really is a great drink - so cheers to that!
Wonderful ideas. I love pomegranates. Thanks so much!
I like your concoctions, Shalini and will give it a whirl. Thank you!
hiya i saw pom. in the shop yesterday, when i was a little girl, we used to be given a pin, to get out the pips and would sit hours eating it. The memory is enough to put me off them. Is it actually easy to get those pips out, i know i like the tast of them
The first and last one sound good. I love pomegranates.Did you take the pix?
Great stuff Shalini,thanks. CC I love this fruit.
I had a delightful pomegranate juice-sparkling wine combo the other day - it made me sparkle! :P
Growing up here in NYC - these were always known as 'Chinese apples.' And we loved them. I still do. Thanks for the ideas.
This is our daily drink, and we love it! We buy the 100% juice at Costco! Enjoyed this info.
Thank you breakfastpop!
Dohn - thanks - tell me how you like them.
poetlorraine - I guess many children get put off with the tedious process of taking out the arils :)
Diana - thanks for reading. Yes, I did - we've got a good crop this year from our garden.
Charlie - thank you for coming by :)
FP - sounds good! Hope your WineFest goes well!
BkCreative - only in NY!! :) I've often wondered why they were called that!
IslandVoice - thank you - it's a great antioxidant.
Shalini, I love pomegranates. I love just eating the pearls. When I was little, my mother would remove them from the skin for me. It's a laborious job and tends to stain one's hands. Now I do it for my kids.
I also use pomegranate juice as a mixer in my homemade soda pop.
I loved the photos. How did you get the juice to be so pink in the second photo?
I was reading your hub while you were commenting on mine!
Yes, it is laborious and the stains are hard to get out from clothes.
I love it with soda too :)
That's their natural colour - our homegrown pomegranates are a lovely shade of pink.
Oh, man, a favorite!!! I love pom and cherries in a juice.. fantastic.. or blueberries. Thanks Shalini.. it's been ages since I've bought one fresh.. how can you tell if one is ready to eat or un/too ripe?
Here you are with 101 hubs.. you don't let grass grow under your feet, basking in the accolades of your peers! No ma'am!
I adore pomegranates.. used to eat them in class in Jr. High when someone would smuggle one in! I need to start making juice again.. that time of year for extra vitamins and antioxidants! Thanks Shalini!
Hi Shalini, I cannot recall ever having tasted pomegranates.
I must hunt them up and try them. Could they possibly have another name?
Hi LittleWhistle - the ones you get in the stores are ready to eat. To tell if it's ripe, tap it - it makes a hollow, drum-like sound. We usually pluck them before they're fully ripe and leave them to ripen otherwise the birds get them. We do leave some on the tree for them though :)
Candie - I must remember to stock the place with pomegrantes if ever you do come :)
Ag - they are called Chinese apples as Bk said - in NY mainly. They're also called grenadas and you can make grenadine syrup or liqueur with them. Thanks for reminding me - I'm going to add that up there too :)
When I was 2 years old, there was a pomegranate tree right beside the house we lived in, in Glendale, California. I have loved them forever. Good recipes, I'll give them a try for sure!
I love your hubs, Shalini. Absolutely the best. And where you come up with all these recipes, I'll never know. But I do enjoy seeing the great photos and writing. Don White
Leave to Ag to help you better your already great hub! Oh, that man! LOL! I didn't know that's what grenadine syrup was made from! I'll add it more often!
The Californian ones are definitely larger and juicier than ours - good to hear from another pomegranate fan :)
Don - may I return the compliment? Thanks as always for reading!
Yes, Candie - he's really something! Thanks to him - I'm making some today.
I love pomegranates. I was so happy to find out that I can have a pomegranate tree on my property since it is just warm enough for them here.
There's nothing like home-grown pomegranates, Artemus!
Hi Shalini, how lucky you are to grow these in your garden. whenever I eat pomegranates I'm always reminded of the story of Persephone and the pomegranate seeds. I love their juice, and they're great in salads.
Hi Shal,
We had a pomegranate tree but the fruits were bitter to taste. They were different from the ones available in the supermarkets.
Someone said pomegranates contains a rare type of phyto-nutrients. Was it you?
Cheers!
Someone gave me 2 pomegranates yesterday, and I was wondering what to do with them. Just found your hub - thanks.
Hi Amanda - thank you! I love that legend - somehow it makes the Underworld a nice place to be in! :)
Quicksand - yes, that does happen at times. What you need to do is snip off all the flowers during the first flowering and start harvesting the crop from the second time around. It works - now why it works, I haven't a clue!! :D
Must have been stevemark - I remember reading a great hub by him.
2patricias - thank you for reading - hope you liked what you made with them!
I had no idea you could do so much with pomegranates.
Thanks for coming by, Mitch!
My daughter (five years old) has recently become absolutely infatuated with pomegranate. Thank you for the ideas...she will be so excited!
eyeofh - that's really great - it's packed with so much goodness! I do hope she enjoys some of these!
Love this recipe Shalini
Thank you bukan - hope you try some of them!
Hmrjmr1 says:
4 weeks ago
I like the last Idea! Gonna give that a go some time. Great Hub!