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Granatno jabolko je eden izmed mojih najljubših sadežev. Ponavadi si ga pripravim za malico ali pa ga dodam solati. Ni pa bilo vedno tako. Kot mnogi, sem se ga izogibala, ker mi ga je bilo težko pripraviti. Zdelo se mi je preveč dela in preveč packarije, zato ga nisem kupila. Enkrat sem naletela na posnetek na spletni strani, kjer ga je kuhar zrezal na pol, dal v vodo in brez packarije olupil. Tudi sama sem poizkusila in ugotovila, da je to res najboljši način lupljenja granatnega jabolka.

Danes postopek priprave granatnega jabolka predstavljam v obliki recepta za penino z granatnim jabolkom, ki jo lahko postrežemo kot aperitiv. Z aperitivom otvorimo začetek slavnostnega obroka. Večina se ob omembi aperitiva spomni žganih pijač in različnih likerjev. Od medice, grenčice do močnega žganja. Pogosto pa pozabimo na to, da se lahko kot aperitiv ponudi tudi kozarec šampanjca, penine ali pa kakšnega osvežilnega koktajla, za tiste, ki alkohola ne pijejo pa bistri sok. Meni je penina zelo všeč kot aperitiv zato jo dostikrat postrežem gostom, ko pridejo na večerjo.

Tudi za rojstno-dnevno pojedino sem pripravila nekaj podobnega. In sicer penino z granatnim jabolkom. Je zelo dobrega okusa in je osvežilna. Ker penine ne ponudimo same, lahko kupimo tudi cenejšo steklenico penine. Tako, ki nima tako polnega okusa. S tem si že dosti olajšamo izbiranje v trgovini. Prav tako je zelo enostavno postreči tistim, ki alkohola ne pijejo. Enostavno ponudimo jim sok granatnega jabolka.

Penina z granatnim jabolkom

za 8 oseb

SESTAVINE:

1 granatno jabolko

1 steklenica penine

1 sok granatnega jabolka in ribeza (lahko tudi sami iztisnemo sok granatnega jabolka – potem potrebujemo dva sadeža)

POSTOPEK:

Granatno jabolko dobro operemo, ga obrišemo in z nožem zrežemo na pol, kot bi prerezali pomarančo, ki bi jo želeli ožeti.



Vzamemo veliko skledo in jo napolnimo z vodo. Polovico granatnega jabolka damo v vodo in začnemo pokati lupino in ven trgati zrna sadeža.



Opazili boste, da se zrna potopijo na dno, bele membrane pa priplavajo na vrh.

Odlijemo vodo z membrano in v skledi nam ostanejo le zrna.



V kozarce za penino damo 1 žlico zrn granatnega jabolka, 3 žlice ohlajenega soka granatnega jabolka in ribeza in preostanek napolnimo z ohlajeno penino.



Postrežemo takoj. Opazili boste, da zrna zaradi mehurčkov v penini plavajo gor in dol po kozarcu, kar da pijači dodaten šarm.



Na zdravje in nič čin čin – s penino se ob nazdravljanju baje ne trka:)

Pomegranate – no longer a challenge but an excellent aperitif



Pomegranate is one of my favourite fruits. I prepare it as a snack or as an addition to my salad. But it wasn’t always like this. I didn’t like to buy pomegranate because I didn’t like the preparation part. I thought it was messy and to much work. Then I found a video on the internet showing me how to peal the pomegranate without the mess just by putting it into a bowl of water. When I tried it, it was great and I have been doing it like this ever since.

Today I am showing you how to prepare a pomegranate and I am also revealing a recipe for an aperitif: sparkling wine with pomegranate. I made this aperitif for my and my boyfriends birthday celebration and it is one of my favourites. It is also easy to serve to the people who don’t drink alcohol by serving pomegranate juice instead of the sparkling wine mix.

Sparkling wine with pomegranate

8 person

INGREDIENTS:

1 pomegranate

1 bottle of sparkling wine (yuo can also use the cheaper one, because the juice will cover the flavour)

1 bottle of pomegranate and black current juice (you can also squeeze the pomegranate juice from a fresh fruit, but then you need two pomegranates)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Wash the pomegranate, dry it and cut it on half like you would cut an orange before squeezing the orange juice.



Take a large bowl, fill it with water, than take half of the pomegranate and start crumbling it apart so the seeds fall out.



You will notice that the seeds sink to the bottom and that the white membrane float on the surface. When we pour the water out, we are only left with the seeds.



Place 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds into the tall flute shape champagne glasses. Add 3 tablespoons of pomegranate and black current juice and fill the rest with cooled sparkling wine.



Serve it straight away. You will notice that the seeds are moving up and down because of the bubbles, which gives a nice twist to the aperitif drink.



Cheers everyone.