To shake up my daily fruit intake I like getting tubs of freeze dried fruit to stash in my desk at work.
I noticed this weekend that Just Tomatoes has new-to-me varieties at the grocery store: pomegranate, blackberry, and apricot. I splurged and bought a little tub of pomegranate. According to the packaging, one small 3oz tub is the equivalent of 8 pomegranates.
What do they taste like?
The freeze dried pomegranates look like dried rose hips, being the pretty shade of pink they are. They’re crunchy -still have their seeds inside. They are sweet with a little bit of tang at the end. Their taste is a bit more concentrated, more distinct. In this fruit form they taste a bit more floral than pomegranate juice does.
What can you do with them?
I’m eating them out of hand with almonds- which serve as a nice crunchy mix.
I can easily imagine these being mixed into:
- biscotti,
- homemade granola,
- chocolate bark,
- caramel corn.
- candied nuts
- and being ground up to coat pomegranate truffles!
Check out the recipes on the Just Tomatoes website for their dried pomegranates. From rice pudding, to cole slaw… I think these crunchies are going to find their way into my yogurt and salads.
6 Comments
i think this just may be my new favorite ingredient. freeze dried poms? be still my heart.
The combination of almonds and dried pomegranate seeds sounds amazing.
Well that eliminates the mess of getting juice stains! Thanks for sharing your favorite munchables.
I am a HUGE fan of the persimmons. I highly recommend them.
These are wonderful aren’t they.
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