Pomegranate seeds are juicy and sweet, but how to open one without making a huge mess? Read on! As much as I miss summer produce (peaches! blueberries! watermelon!), I’m trying to embrace and enjoy winter produce as much as I can. That means I’m buying lots of grapefruit and sti...
close up the pomegranate sections around the remaining arils, put the fruit in a zipper bag, and refrigerate the extra arils for later (mmmmmm … like for snacking!).
Gently score the outer skin along these lines from the top to the bottom, about 5–6 sections, depending on the fruit size. Don’t cut too deep. 4. Pull Apart Hold the pomegranate with both hands. Gently pull it apart into segments, like peeling open an orange. 5. Remove the Pomegra...
Pomegranates are one of the most iconic winter fruits, and also the most notoriously hard to open. A pomegranate has a thick outer shell with a red coating and a white inner casing. This shell is protecting small little seed-like fruits that have a juicy center. These are called pomegranate...
The bigger the fruit, the juicier it will be. An uncut pomegranate lasts for up to a month at room temperature or 2 months in the refrigerator. But as soon as you cut the fruit open and expose those delicate seeds, the clock’s ticking. Pomegranate arils are highly perishable, so you...
In order to peel pomegranates the thick skin must be cut into with a sharp knife and the fruit pulled open. Instead of peeling the skin away from the arils, the pomegranate is “peeled” by pushing the arils away from the skin and membrane. The juice that comes from the arils of the...
How to Cut a Pomegranate: I love eating pomegranates, but hacking them apart is slow and messy. This easy trick will help you open pomegranates with the greatest of ease, while keeping your hands clean. All you need is a fresh pomegranate, a paring knife
Cut off the very top and bottom of the fruit, and then cut it in half. Cut all the way through the skin but not all the way through the pulp (you don’t want to burst all the seeds). Photo by Parisa Soraya Step 2: Use your fingers to gently pry the pomegranate open so you ar...
Pullthe pomegranate apart with your thumbs prying into both sides of the cut edge. Then loosen the outside edges of the open pomegranate with your hands by pulling gently on the skin with your thumbs on the inside edge. Refrain from squeezing the fruit, unless you want pomegranate juice!
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