Some pomegranate has also been used in the following recipe, to make a super tasty chutney topping for sweet of savory meals.
2-3 Tbsp jelly or jam (whatever kind you have will work)
4 Medium pears
2 Cups pomegranate arils (seeds) (fresh or frozen)
1 Tsp cinnimon
1/2 Tsp ground clove
3-4 Tbsp apple juice or water
Simply melt the jelly and spices over low heat with enough hot water to make a consistant syrup. Dice the pears and add to the syrup and let the mixture warm. I skinned half of the pears so there would be a nice yellow color in there with the red. Remove from heat and add pomegranate seeds and mix thouroghly, add water or juice a tbsp at a time unitl the arils are coated and mixture holds to a chunky apple-sauce type consistancy.
We ate ours with some dollar pancakes, and later as a dip with pita bread. Fresh, easy, healthful. Yum.
The husband and I have since devoted several evenings to seasons of Arrested Develoment and shuckin' poms. The result so far is a nice stash of arils in the freezer, awaiting their bretheren for a holiday recipe en mass, and an ever-aging pile of poms yet to be husked. I finally went through the pile and removed those that looked unfit for consumption, those with splits in their skins, and those that were too small to be worth the effort of shelling. The majority of these had a rot spot of other deficiency that came with them from the tree, and were too icky to do anything to but throw out. Those with splits in their skins, but which otherwise looked fine were saved along with the petit poms for the following Wreath project. This pic shows the poms after I broke some open, along side the smallest of the bunch.
I started with a frame of 1" x 1" scrap wood, making this the first rectangular wreath that has ever graced my door, but whatever. I then wrapped the frame in what is proabably my second-most abundant crop: fabric scraps. I used strip shape bits and wrapped the frame, tying the ends of each piece to the next until it was covered.
The next thing I did was tie-on two twiggy branches that had fallen from my front tree with cones attatched, and then decorate by using sparkley vintage trim from my stash to tie on some little poms. That formed a perfect base for a slew of little pom chunks with the red seeds showing, and vintage buttons, beads, and baubles that complete the homey harvest look. I used wood glue to hold mine together, but only because I am out of hot glue sticks, and it really is much more my style to just press on with the materials I have. Hence the rectangular wreath.
The finished result is not bad, and it makes me feel like I live somewhere much forestier than I actually do. Oh harvest.
And hey, there must also be a benefit in 80 degree weather for the first of November. What beautiful orange leaves there are really do look pretty against that flawless blue sky....
