Pomegranates make an elegant and nutritious addition to salads, desserts and more. Rich in antioxidants, vitamin C and fiber – you won’t find anything more beautiful or nutritious!
Discover the easiest way to cut a pomegranate without scattering its seeds or losing any juice! Look out for ridges and score only shallowly so as not to penetrate its arils inside.
Remove the Crown
Pomegranates feature a small crown-like protrusion at the top of their fruit that should be removed to avoid accidentally cutting away any juicy seeds. Once this crown is gone, opening and cutting open your pomegranate will become easier while the seeds should fall out more tidily.
After cutting the pomegranate in sections, similar to cutting an orange into segments. You can either use your hands or hold it over a bowl of water for this step – naturally it should split into four parts, but additional sections may be created based on personal preferences.
Once you have cut a pomegranate into four equal sections, score its skin along its ridges to easily separate into individual sections without accidentally cutting into its juicy seeds inside. Look closely or feel around for any ridges – there should be at least six running from crown to base of the fruit!
By employing this scoring technique, it is simple and fast to extract all of the sweet and tart pomegranate seeds while keeping them separated into their sections. This approach is much faster and simpler than trying to smash open the fruit using a wooden spoon!
This method for scoring and seeding pomegranates is both easy and healthier than the traditional approach to opening and eating one. Instead of smashing open your pomegranate with your hands – which could potentially harm its delicate inner fruit as well as separate inedible membranes from its seeds – simply score its skin with the back of a knife before gently pulling apart sections into a bowl filled with water so the seeds and non-edible membranes separate into their separate containers.
Simply enjoy them immediately, add them to a salad, or use them as garnish on any of your dishes! Pomegranate seeds contain antioxidants that will benefit all members of your table! Plus, their vibrant red hue will brighten things up at any meal!
Score the Skin
Pomegranates are gorgeous ruby red fruits filled with nutritious arils bursting with powerful antioxidants and polyphenols that offer numerous health benefits to your heart, brain, skin, and gut. But getting open these beauties can be messy and tricky – without dispersing their seeds all over your hands or clothes! Here’s an easy way to cut through one without smashing its beautiful arils!
Start at the crown end and slice off some of the top to expose some of its seeds inside, then run a knife around its perimeter to score but not pierce into its fruit. There should be five or six ridges running around its edge; score this skin about 1/4-inch deep around these ridges.
Once you’ve scored the pomegranate skin, use your fingers to separate each section of the fruit. Next, transfer them all to a bowl filled with water – this way seeds and white membranes are more easily extracted from each section.
Use a spoon to remove the pomegranate from its water bath; this method is quicker but doesn’t produce as many seeds. Reinserting any sections that fall out may help ensure all seeds are preserved for consumption or future use – they keep well for several days in the fridge! Once all seeds have been harvested, enjoy immediately or save for later; they make great additions to salads, yogurt bowls, granola bars or smoothies; you could even try your hand at making refreshing and healthy pomegranate juice at home! Watch this video demonstration on how to create such delicious and refreshing beverage at home!
Remove the Arils
Pomegranates are packed with essential nutrients and delicious flavor, but can be tricky to open without creating an explosion of juice and aril-covered seeds. Furthermore, their hard exterior shell makes extracting juicy aril covered seeds difficult. Furthermore, each seed in a pomegranate has small juicy membranes surrounding each seed which require careful unwrapping before you attempt opening it for best results. To achieve optimal results when opening this fruit yourself.
Step one in creating the perfect pomegranate is cutting off both ends. Next, feel along the sides to identify 5-6 ridges that need scoring with a paring knife – each should be scored approximately 1/4 inch deep while taking care not to cut into either white membranes or seeds.
This method may take slightly more time than cutting straight into fruit, but it produces much cleaner results and will reduce juice splatter considerably. Furthermore, it is ideal for chefs with smaller or arthritic hands as no special tools are necessary – simply a bowl large enough for you and a sharp knife will do!
When you are ready to remove the seeds, fill a bowl with enough water to cover your pomegranate section. Drop one of your cuts, seed side down into the water surface. Bend back the skin until arils loosen; use your hand underneath the surface to gently bend back skin until arils loosen; use fingers to rake away membrane. Many seeds should fall directly into your bowl while stubborn ones may need picking by hand.
Once most of the seeds have been extracted, pour any remaining water and membranes through a strainer in order to separate out seeds from water and enjoy your healthy and tasty pomegranate bowl!
Pomegranates make an ideal way to add antioxidants and healthy nutrients to any salad, protein or grain dish in your menu – and are recommended as part of any airtight container for later. They have an indefinite shelf life in the refrigerator, making this the ideal addition to your next dish!
Remove the White Pith
Pomegranates are gorgeous fruits with incredible taste, yet can be tricky to peel due to their tiny red seeds that can fall out if handled incorrectly. There are various methods for dissecting pomegranates but most involve cutting it open and submerging it in water to quickly and easily harvest all those precious seeds!
You’ll need a sharp knife to make cuts with. Look for something as sharp as possible (like a paring knife), so it won’t break as you cut through the peel. Additionally, having a bowl of water handy may come in handy to collect any seeds that fall out while working with fruit; additionally this makes straining out any white pith that floats to the top easier and can then be discarded.
Score the skin of your pomegranate around its crown in a shallow circle that’s not too deep; this will create a slight ridge which makes prying open easier and exposing its internal segments. Use opposing thumb pads against opposing sides of the pomegranate and pull apart with your fingertips – this will reveal individual seeds (known as arils) underneath!
Next step in extracting seeds is to separate them from their membrane. Hold the pomegranate over a bowl of water and pull apart at its cuts using your fingers or spoon, which should naturally split it into four sections. Use your fingertips to carefully separate individual seeds from white pith core, transfer to another bowl of water where any fallen out seeds can settle at the bottom and be easily scooped off using spoon or hand. Discard remaining white pith/rind/shell material.
Now is the time to enjoy fresh pomegranates! Enjoy adding its seeds to salads, smoothies, or whatever your heart desires! They can even be stored for up to two weeks in the fridge before being frozen to be used later on!
