Pink Pomegranates
Estimated Inventory, lb : 0
Description/Taste
Pink Pomegranates are sweetly tart, only the juice and seeds are edible.
Seasons/Availability
Look for Pink Pomegranates in the fall and winter seasons.
Nutritional Value
Providing some vitamin C and the B vitamins plus a moderate amount of fiber, protein and carbohydrates, pomegranates are an excellent source of potassium.
Applications
Pomegranates are most commonly used for their seeds and juice. After separating the seeds from the white pulp of the pomegranate, add to grain or green salads, or mix into sweetened yogurt. Bake seeds into a crisp with fall fruits such as apples or pears. Pomegranate juice can be used to marinate lamb or beef, or reduced into syrup and added to cocktails and smoothies. Cook juice, with sugar, into jam or add to milk or cream and freeze into sorbet and gelato. Pomegranates keep well stored at room temperature for 1-2 weeks.
Geography/History
Locally grown in California at J.J.'s Lone Daughter Ranch, Specialty Produce strongly supports and enthusiastically endorses our local growers, farmers, ranchers and the California farming industry. Native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India, the small tree that bears this fruit has been cultivated for its fruit in warm regions throughout the world.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Pink Pomegranates. One
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