Who said pomegranates have to be messy? Not us! Here’s the simple 3-step process to go from messy to easy!
3-Step No-Mess Process for seeding pomegranates
Servings
Ingredients
- Pomegranate
Instructions
- Cut off the crown, then cut the pomegranate into sections.
- Place the sections in a bowl of water. Then roll out the arils (juice sacs) with your fingers. Discard everything else.
- Strain out the water. Eat the succulent arils whole, seeds and all.
- OTHER METHODS…
TRADITIONAL METHOD
- Cut the crown end off of the pomegranate, removing some of the white pith with it.
- Lightly score the skin in quarters, from the stem to the crown end. Firmly, yet gently, break the sections apart, following the score lines.
- Bend back the skin and gently scoop the seed clusters into a bowl. Remove any pith.
FANNING METHOD
- Cut the pomegranate in half vertically.
- With the cut side up, make 4 equally spaced cuts, 1 inch long and 1 inch deep.
- Hold the pomegranate half over a deep bowl, cut side down, and pull the fruit open but not apart, using equal pressure from both hands.
- Holding the pomegranate half, cut side down, in the palm of one hand, whack the top of the fruit with the back of a large spoon. The seeds will fall out.
- Source: California Pomegranates
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