Zoë Ray's dried pomegranate arils + IDEAS!

Hello hello! Some of you may know that I looooove cooking. I enjoy trying new spices and ingredients. And you'll understand how thrilled I was when I received some dried pomegranate arils from Zoë Ray at my mailbox. Of course, I already knew the fruit given that we eat and drink pomegranates in Peru, but I hadn't tried the dried version.

When it comes to fresh pomegranates, I have no issues: some arils in a fruit salad or in a smoothie and that's fine, but how am I supposed to work with dried arils? How exciting! So I turned to my good friend Google and:

• First of all, I discovered that Zoë Ray's pomegranate arils come from the variety Bhagwa, which is a sweet variety of pomegranate with dark red arils. That's why Zoë Ray's dried arils don't need added sugar nor food colourants nor additives.
• Actually, there are more than 1000 varieties of pomegranate, most of which are cultivated only for their flowers.
• You can make wine out of pomegranate. As a matter of fact, pomegranate wine tastes like Port wine (I definitely need to try this!).
• Dried pomegranate arils are a great healthy food, having twice more antioxidants than Sencha green tea or blueberries. Also, they're packed with vitamins (A, B5, C, E) and minerals (potassium, folic acid).

How do I use it?

Simple! You can eat it alone as a healthy snack, or add it to your cereal or muesli (the dried arils can bring a crunchy texture to your morning recipes then). Because of its texture, you can also add it to your salads as well. Dried pomegranates arils go well with chocolate, pistachios and cheese. And why not adding some to our next couscous or quinoa bowl? Here two ideas I had using Zoë Ray's dried pomegranate arils...

You can find these dried pomegranate arils (and some other pomegranate products) at Zoë Ray (they ship in all Switzerland). As for me, I'm glad I got to discover a new ingredient and I might order some pomegranate juice (apparently it's delicious with game, as a marinade).

Have you already tried this? Tell me about it! :)

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