Pomegranate Blueberry Freeze Recipes

BLUEBERRY POMEGRANATE SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Place the pomegranate juice, blueberries, yogurt, honey and ice in a blender. Turn on high and blend until smooth. Serve in a reusable to-go cup.;

TRIPLE-BERRY POMEGRANATE FREEZER JAM

Steps:

• In large bowl, mash berries with potato masher (or process in food processor until slightly chunky, not pureed) to make 2 1/2 cups crushed berries. Add sugar; mix well. Let stand at room temperature 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• In 1-quart saucepan, mix juice and pectin until pectin is dissolved. Heat to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down, stirring constantly. Boil hard 1 minute, continuing to stir. Pour hot pectin mixture over berry mixture; stir constantly until sugar is completely dissolved, about 3 minutes.
• Immediately pour mixture into hot sterilized jars or freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace; cover. Let stand at room temperature about 24 hours or until set.
• Store in freezer up to 12 months or in refrigerator up to 3 weeks. Thaw frozen jam in refrigerator and stir before serving.

APPLE-BERRY POMEGRANATE FREEZER JAM

Steps:

• Stir sugar and contents of pectin package in a bowl until well blended. Set aside.
• Combine apples, pomegranate juice and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Cover. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
• Crush apples with a potato masher. Allow to cool, about 15 minutes.
• Add fruit mixture to sugar/pectin mixture, stirring just to combine. Continue stirring for 3 minutes.
• Using a funnel, ladle jam into five, clean 8 oz plastic freezer jars to fill line. Twist on lids. Let stand until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately, refrigerate up to three weeks or freeze up to one year.

POMEGRANATE BLUEBERRY GRANITA

Steps:

• Place the V8, blueberries, honey and lemon juice into a blender container. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour the V8 mixture into an 11x7-inch baking pan. Cover the pan tightly with plastic wrap.
• Freeze for 45 minutes or until the edges of the V8 mixture become icy. Stir the V8 mixture with a whisk. Cover and freeze for 45 minutes more. Stir the V8 mixture again with the whisk.
• Cover the pan and freeze for 3 hours or until the V8 mixture is frozen solid.
• Scrape the frozen V8 mixture with a fork to form icy flakes. Cover and freeze for 1 hour.
• Spoon the granita into goblets or parfait glasses. Garnish with mint leaves and serve with additional fresh fruit.