How to cut a pomegranate
Learn how to quickly and easily cut a pomegranate and remove the seeds
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 0.1kcal
Equipment
- 1 small sharp knife
- 1 bowl cold water
Ingredients
- 1 whole pomegranate
Instructions
- Wash the pomegranate and dry it off with a towel.
- Using a sharp knife, make a shallow cut in a circle around the base of the pomegranate so that you can peel off the crown section with your hands while leaving the seeds intact.
- Remove and discard the crown section of the skin.
- Identify where the white pith runs through the fruit. You should see slight ridges along the outside of the pomegranate where the pith is located and the pomegranate clusters or segments start and end. There are usually about 5 or 6. Using your knife, make a shallow cut along each of those ridges from top to bottom. Do not cut into the seeds, you want to cut only through the red pomegranate skin.
- Use your fingers to gently pull the pomegranate apart along the cut line you made. The fruit should naturally break into segments.
- One segment at a time, hold the pomegranate over a bowl and use your fingers to gently loosen the seeds from the pith, aiming for the seeds to fall into the bowl while the pith and skin remains in your hand.
- Repeat this process with each segment of the pomegranate until you have removed all the seeds.
- Once you have removed all the seeds, discard the pith and skin. Scoop out any pith that has fallen into the bowl with the seeds (it should float to the top) and discard.
- Rinse the seeds in cool water and drain them in a colander.
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Nutrition
Calories: 0.1kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.02g | Protein: 0.003g | Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 0.004mg | Potassium: 0.3mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 0.02g | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 0.01mg