Pomegranate Guacamole Recipe (Holiday Festive!) | Downshiftology (2024)

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Do avocados have to be ripe to make guacamole? ›

Choosing the Right Avocado for Guacamole

The trick to making delicious guacamole is choosing perfectly ripe avocados to work with. If they're not ripe enough, you'll miss out on a lot of flavor. If they're too ripe, the flavor can overwhelm the other ingredients in your guacamole.

Pour a thin but visible layer of water or lemon/lime juice over the guacamole to form a barrier with the air. Cover the dish with plastic wrap, pushing the wrap, so it is flush with the guacamole to prevent air pockets, or put the guacamole in a sealed tub. Put it in the fridge.

How many cups/seeds will a pomegranate yield? One pomegranate typically yields 2 cups of seeds.

I followed the instructions shared on many of these social media videos: Slice the avocado in half, remove the pit, then wrap each half tightly in plastic wrap. I microwaved the avocado halves, cut-side down, in 30-second intervals until the fruit felt soft enough to use.

You see, lime is a very strong acidic flavor and it can easily overpower the delicate flavor of the avocado.

"The flesh of the avocado oxidizes quickly — much like a cut apple — which changes the color. The addition of citric acid, like from lime juice in your guac can help delay this process but will not completely prevent it," she says.

To keep fresh overnight:

Adding a thin layer of water over top of your bowl of guacamole is a great barrier against oxygen, and since guacamole is heavy, the little liquid that may seep down into the bowl will not water it down. If you use this method, your guacamole should stay fresh for up to 3 days.

Look for 100% juice with no added sugar. If you have diabetes, ask your doctor before drinking fruit juices, including pomegranate. If you have diarrhea, do not drink pomegranate juice or take pomegranate extract. Pregnant women should not take pomegranate extract because it may contain fruit rind.

Pomegranate seeds are said to number 613—one for each of the Bible's 613 commandments. ⁶. The pomegranate was revered for the beauty of its shrub, flowers, and fruit—symbolising sanctity, fertility, and abundance.

The technical name for the juicy seeds inside a pomegranate is aril, which refers to the thin skin and pulp that surrounds the tiny white seed itself. Once the arils have been freed from the pithy membranes that surround them, the entire seed is edible.

Can dogs eat pomegranates? ›

Raw pomegranate isn't toxic to dogs, but it can make them sick. 1 "Eating more than a few of the seeds or any of the peel can cause digestive issues like vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain," says Dr. Chyrle Bonk, a veterinarian and consultant with PetKeen.com, a pet advice site.

Yes. Like any fruit with an inedible skin, pomegranates should be washed and dried before cutting to avoid introducing bacteria into the fruit when it is cut with a knife. To wash, simply rinse under cool running water and pat dry before cutting.

Using your hands, remove the debris and pomegranate skin from the arils and clean each seed by pouring them into a mesh strainer. Rinse and drain the pomegranate seeds and use them immediately or store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use.

You can speed up the avocado-ripening process with a piece of fruit. Put an avocado in a paper bag with a banana, an apple or a kiwi and fold to seal. These fruits produce ethylene gas, a plant hormone that aids ripening. The closed brown paper bag traps the gas inside to speed up the ripening time.

Technically, you can eat an unripe avocado. However, it will likely not have the soft, buttery flavor avocados are known for. Also, unripe avocados may not mash or slice very well and are not suited for guacamole and other dishes.

If the avocado is not quite ripe and not hard, you can use plastic wrap and your microwave to ripen them up in two minutes flat. Cut the avocado in half vertically and remove the pit. Wrap each half in microwave-safe plastic wrap and microwave on high for two minutes.