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Gifts of the Season- Melograno

November 20, 2011 by Divina Cucina

I have always been fascinated by pomegrantes ,melograno in Italian. When in season, the trees look as if they have been decorated for an early Christmas, hanging on the thin branches like decorations along with the persimmon trees.


Pomegranates seeds,arils, which glisten and look like tiny rubies, are one of my favorite ingredients in winter salads. 




Cut open the pomegranate in a bowl of water and it is easy to release the arils from the white membrane.  In the bowl pictured above are the arils from one pomegranate. 


In winter I adore making rich salads with the incredible variety of greens and wild radicchio when available. Today’s salad had mandarin orange segments, apple and the pomegranate arils. Dressed lightly with new extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and cherry balsamic vinegar.







This is just the beginning of winter salad season, orange and fennel is another favorite which I will post soon. I learned a new twist on my last trip to Sicily, which I can’t wait to share.


Tuesday I leave for a research trip to Puglia where i will be enjoying Thanksgiving with some new friends. Stay tuned for updates.


With the remaining two pomegrantes I think I will make juice and then reduce to a syrup for sauce.



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Comments

  1. Sandra says

    November 20, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    I love it Judy 🙂

  2. Divina says

    November 20, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Grazie Sandra!

  3. A Canadian Foodie says

    November 20, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Research group in Puglia? I think I understand! Hehe! I would like to do a little research there myself! 🙂 V

  4. Divina says

    November 20, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    I adore Puglia, have been 5 times and always learn something new each time.

  5. Barbara F. says

    November 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    I adore persimmons and pomegranates. I love winter salads, and am looking forward to the orange one. I wouldn’t mind a little research in any part of Italy! 🙂 xo

  6. Frank says

    November 20, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    I love pomegranates. We had a tree in our garden in Rome and couldn’t ever use all of them. We usually gave most of them away to friends. Now they set up me back something like $4 a pop in the supermarket…

  7. Italy farmhouses says

    November 21, 2011 at 6:40 am

    pomegranate is the one of my favourate fruit and I like the way of using pomegranate in food recipe as different ways.

  8. laura freeman says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:35 am

    beautiful post, Judy. Thank you and buon viaggio.

  9. Business Gifts says

    March 5, 2012 at 9:52 am

    Seated just prevents from Rittenhouse Rectangle, Melograno is a convivial trattoria and BYOB where visitors can appreciate genuine French work out, artfully ready by Roman-born Cooking Gianluca Demontis.

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    May 29, 2012 at 2:53 am

    I find that nice fonts can be very good for small curved lines around the shapes of the body.

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Originally from California; Tuscany has been my home since 1984. I found the city of Florence to hold all my passions, food, wine, art all in one place. When I am not in Tuscany, I am often found in Sicily, my other favorite place to be. Always searching for recipes to share and exploring for the guides I write to my favorite cities for food and wine.

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