January 10, 2007

Recipe News: Pomegranate recipes

"Although Mohammed Daftari can recall the time when he had to search through the East Bay looking for pomegranates, the fruit is now turning up everywhere from salads to martinis, and now has a book of its own, “Pomegranates,” by Ann Kleinberg (Tenspeed Press).

“The pomegranate is the new food of the new millennium,” she wrote. “Wouldn’t King Tutan-khamen be having a good laugh over this — he was buried with pomegranates thousands of years ago.”

The book includes 60 recipes for using pomegranates, from appetizers like Drunken Figs with Roquefort in Pomegranate Syrup to Rice Pudding with Currants, Pistachios and Pomegranates. “The writing of this book has led me on an incredible journey,” noted Kleinberg, a transplanted New Yorker living in Israel.

The book opens with two basic recipes for Pomegranate Syrup and Pomegranate Molasses, which appear in many Middle Eastern recipes."

includes recipes for:

Pomegranate Syrup

Basic Vinaigrette with Pomegranate Syrup

Beet and Pomegranate Borscht

Spareribs in Pomegranate Barbecue Sauce

Full article here.