Pancake Sunday came a little early this week. Since I’m nowhere near my warm kitchen today and probably somewhere in center city Philadelphia around mile 4 when this posts, I enjoyed these Friday morning instead.
Have you seen all the pancake Sundays of the past?
- Oatmeal pumpkin pancakes
- Pumpkin protein pancakes
- Apple spice pancakes
- Cinnamon pear pancakes
- Cranberry almond whole wheat pancakes
- Persimmon almond pancakes
Pomegranates.
Everyone seems to love them this time of year. Pom this, pom that. The “virtual” pom peer pressure eventually got to me and I bought one this week.
On the second slice into the fruit, the knife slipped, the pomegranate went shooting across the counter, arils went flying everywhere, and it looked like a murder scene in my kitchen with red juice on me (and my white shirt..awesome planning) and the cabinets & walls. Ginger came running in, sniffed around and then looked at me like “fruit? why can’t you drop bacon?!” and then walked out.
That’s when I remembered why I don’t really do pomegranates. I’ll happily pay $9.99 for a big bottle of POM juice or pick at arils that someone else has spent 20 minutes extracting, but deal with cutting the fruit myself? No, thanks. I have way more important things to do with that 20 minutes. Like play in blog or twitter-land as Ulysses likes to call it.
So, if you have the patience for pomegranates these pancakes are totally worth it. The arils burst with tartness in your mouth while the chocolate chips keep it sweet and balanced. They really were good, I was just jaded by the whole 15 minutes of unexpected kitchen cleanup on top of the 20 minutes of aril extraction and cooking time. Pancakes should not be an hour long process!
Pomegranate Chocolate Chip
Pancakes
Yield: 2 servings (4 large pancakes)
- 1/4 cup AP flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 cup pomegranate arils
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Directions:
Combine all ingredients except pomegranate arils and chocolate chips in a medium bowl and whisk until mixed well. Fold in arils and chocolate chips. Heat a pancake griddle or pan over medium heat. Grease with butter or cooking spray and pour batter onto pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes on each side or until pancake is cooked through. Repeat with remaining batter.
Do you like pomegranates? Think they’re worth the effort?
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Thinking about you this morning!! GOOD LUCK, GINA
Also, I think I know what to do with my pomegranate now
I gave up on pomegranates years ago for this very reason. They are definitely worth the splurge to enjoy someone else’s handiwork
I love pomegrante seeds! yesterday I had chocolate chips and pomegrante seeds as toppings for my frozen yogurt, such a good combination!
I love them if someone else gets the seeds for me:) Seriously, you need to come cook for me!
Yum!! I literally JUST caved and bought a pomegranate at Whole Foods yesterday and have been trying think of more creative ways to eat it–besides just having it with greek yogurt, haha. This looks great!
you always have the best looking pancake stacks!!
I like pomegranates, but I guess they’re not worth it to me since I’ve never purchased a whole one.
These are some seriously gorgeous pancakes! I love poms but have never tried to incorporate them with pancakes – until now!
Genius idea! I love pancakes so much, I don’t know why I never thought of this!
YUM. Those are some nice looking pancakes!
Wow Those look so darn amazing, I can’t stand it!! Great pics too!
All you have to do is to cut off the top and bottom – then cut SLIGHTLY into the sides (as if you were going to cut it into fourths) – pop the whole thing into a bowl of water and let it sit for a couple minutes (pomegranate should be submerged) – then peel it while STILL UNDER WATER! (Be sure to remove the bitter, white part from the arils)
MUCH more enjoyable this way!
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that’s what I did and it still took forever! Although, better than the normal way
Could we please have a print link (so we can print just the recipe without the ads and such)? Thanks.
Kathie- I just installed a print feature yesterday to use on all recipes. You can see it on the pomegranate orange scone post yesterday. I will be using that going forward with all my recipes. I can’t guarantee I’ll have the time to go back and reformat all the old ones right now but all new posts will have it!
I absolutely love pomegranates! And pancakes. SO really, this is kinda amazing. The only thing is – do you find the pancakes taste drier when they’re whole wheat?
Not with whole wheat PASTRY flour. It’s different than regular whole wheat. But if that’s what you’re referring to, no, I don’t think they’re drier. They might taste a little different than regular AP flour but not drier.
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