[Sca-cooks] Syrup of Pomegranates

[Susan Fox-Davis]

I should think that bottled pomegranate juice would be available in 
Israel.  Evidently our friend Yehoshua is a tough intrepid cook-type 
person and trying it out on his own.  Fresh is always better!  I'm with 
you about the gentle whiz with a blender, but I might cook them a little 
first.  Don't bother adding water, just squish them a little bit, they 
will yield enough liquid for the purpose.    If you're really intrepid 
and historical, cook the liberated pomegranate seeds gently  then put 
them through a cheesecloth bag and squeeze out the lovely essence.  Wear 
rubber gloves if you don't want purple hands, this stuff stains like crazy.

L'Shana Tova, Selene Colfox

Sue Clemenger wrote:

>You can use a juicer.  I think a gentle whiz with a blender would work,
>too.
>Or, you can be really sneaky and just buy the juice.  Knudsen's makes a
>100% pomegranate juice--I can get it at my local hippy/organic food
>store (it's a local beast known as the "Good Food Store", and no, you
>can't buy hippies there <g>).
>--maire
>
>Zachary Kessin wrote:
>
>>Syrup of Pomegranates
>>
>>I am looking at the syrup of pomegranates from Cariadoc's
>>Miscellany. I was thinking of making some for Rosh Hashanah. One
>>thing I could use some help on. I was planning to just run down to
>>the Shuk and get Pomegranates, and I'm not sure how to take the seeds
>>and make them into Juice.
>>
>>--Yehoshua ben Haym haYerushalmi
>>Jerusalem Israel
>>