Title: Pomegranate Basics
Categories: Dessert Info Fruit Check
Yield: 1 Servings

SELECTING,STORING,PREPARING
		Prunica granatum

SEASON: September through December with best supplies in October.

LOOK FOR: Fresh looking fruit, heavy for its size. Avoid shriveled fruit or broken rinds.

TO STORE: Refrigerate the fruit; use it within a week.

TO PREPARE: With a sharp knife, 1 inch from and parallel to the blossom end, make a shallow cut all around. With your fingers, pull off the top. Score the fruit, through the peel only, into about 6 wedges. Break the wedges apart and gently remove the kernels. to extract the juice, with a spoon, press the kernels through a strainer; discard the seeds.

TO SERVE: Use the juice in beverages. Eat the kernels out of hand, add them to fruit salad, or use them as a garnish.

Source: The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook ISBN: 0-688-03897-2 Typos by Dorothy Flatman 1995

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