- 2 cup of unseasoned rice wine vinegar
- seeds from 1 pomegranate
pomegranates are one of my favorite fall foods. i love adding them to salads but my all time favorite…making flavored vinegars.
pomegranates are in season now. whenever i find them they are usually the first thing i attack after unpacking all of my groceries. i love the smell of them, i love opening them up and digging for the seeds. although messy, lots of fun.
if you have never opened up a a pomegranate you need too. they are not only beautiful on the inside but the sweet smell of the pomegranate juice…yum. the blood red seeds are sweet yet tart, i almost can never open one up with out popping a couple seeds in my mouth, it’s like heaven.
making flavored vinegar is very simple. all it takes is some unseasoned rice vinegar (which now a days you can find everywhere) and a pomegranate. the best thing about making this vinegar, nothing goes to waste. i use the seeds in salads and sometimes even to dress up soup. it stores in the fridge for a couple weeks and is the prefect addition to a spinach salad topped with bacon and eggs (guess what i am having for lunch today).
- in a small saucepan heat up the vinegar. you do not want it to come to a boil, just warm.
- to a jar (i tend to save every jar that comes through my house for stuff like this) add your pomegranate seeds.
- when vinegar is warmed up, pour over seeds and let it rest on your counter until cooled.
top and store in your fridge at least over night before use.
i do not strain the seeds out but you can. when ever i am making salads i scoop some seeds out of the container and add them to whatever i am serving.
