A friend gave me a big box of Pomegranate. Great. But then a bunch of fruit flies immediately invaded our kitchen. 

So my husband took the wooden kitchen spoon and went to action.

Many of you might know that trick, but for those who don’t. 

The best way to get the seeds out of the shell is to cut the pomegranate into half and put it with the cut open side in your palm and hit on the outside with a big wooden spoon. It works great, all the seeds fall in your hand and bowl, that you wisely place underneath.

Last year I froze some seeds and made recently a pomegranate frozen yogurt out of it.

This year I went for juice.

I put the seeds into the blender, blended it just for a second.

Then strained it through a colander to part the seeds, right into a pot.

Then heat it up and add a lot of sugar. Bring it to a boil and fill hot in sterilized bottles.

This syrup is great for cocktails, but also as a regular soft drink with water or even better sparkling water.