How to Seed a Pomegranate - Tip of the Day

by Monika Bartyzel (Subscribe to Monika Bartyzel's posts)
Posted Oct 13th 2009 9:00AM
Filed under: Tip of the Day

Pomegranates are sweet, sour and mysterious. But do you know how to eat them?

Pomegranate. Photo: JoeM500, Flickr.

Most fruit is self-explanatory -- peel if necessary, then eat. The lovely pomegranate isn't so easy. Rip into the fruit and you're greeted with a sort of honeycomb of juicy seeds and webbing to get through. But rather than giving up and grabbing pre-processed pomegranate treats, pick up a knife and dig in.

Seeding a pomegranate requires a mixture of cutting in, ripping the fruit open and then separating each little sweet morsel from the rind that confines it -- often with the help of a bowl of cold water. (Not only are the seeds easier to remove when cold, but the membrane floats while the seeds sink.)

Simply Recipes has a photo tutorial that should make things easy -- still messy, but manageable enough to make it worth the effort.

Got any pomegranate pointers? Tell us in the comments.

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10-13-2009 @ 12:37PM

Patrick said...

I find the easiest way to remove the seeds is by repeatedly hitting the back of the cut half with a wooden spoon. The seeds come right out into the bowl without the membrane.

10-13-2009 @ 2:04PM

Phyllis said...

I cut them in to 4 quarters and peel the skin back and remove the membrane with my hands. I tend to eat the fruit/seeds once exposed, right from the quarters. Fiber and antioxidants! I love em.

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