Orange juice has long won the worldwide love of adherents of a healthy lifestyle. It is valued as a unique storehouse of vitamins, organic acids and trace elements. This drink provides the body with the necessary nutrients, but at the same time is low in calories - it is not surprising that it is extremely popular among those who lose weight. The most useful and delicious drink is freshly squeezed, so it is recommended to prepare orange juice with your own hands.
Orange fresh juice in a juicer
The easiest way to juice an orange at home is to use a citrus juicer. Before preparing the fresh, rinse the fruit thoroughly and, without removing the peel, divide it into halves along a transverse line. Remove seeds if necessary. Place each slice of orange on the rotating mechanism of the electrical device, pulp side down, skin top. Pressing down on the fruit, squeeze out the juice. Follow the example described if the farm has a simple manual citrus juicer - but you will have to put in more effort.
Before preparing orange juice in a multi-purpose juicer, rinse the citrus, peel the skin with a sharpened knife and cut the fruit into slices. Remove the seeds and put the orange slices into the appliance. Switch on the mechanism. If the functionality of the juicer has an adjustment for the amount of pulp, take care of the necessary settings in advance. Remember to prepare a container to collect the liquid.
You can not drink orange juice along with medicines: it can reduce their healing effect and even cause serious harm to the body. Citrus fresh is prohibited for people with gastrointestinal diseases, allergy sufferers and diabetics.
How to make juice without a juicer
The washed, peeled and chopped raw materials can be scrolled in a food processor (blender) until you get a puree mass. Add the required amount of cold filtered water to the pulp, sweeten the resulting mass to your taste and scroll again until it is liquid. After the drink is infused (within three to five minutes), it can be served on the table.
Finally, in the absence of special tools, you can try to make orange juice by hand. To do this, blanch the fruit in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then cut it in half. Squeeze out the juice by squeezing the orange with your hands on both sides. Usually from one ripe fruit, you can get 90-100 g of fresh juice. If desired, filter the finished orange juice or add the pulp from the fruit to it, collecting it with a spoon. Chill the drink before drinking.
The high content of ascorbic acid and saccharides in orange juice helps to recover from illness or extreme fatigue, and also supports weak blood vessels, eyesight, kidneys and liver.
Original orange drink
Fresh oranges can be used to make a wonderful refreshing drink. For two large fruits, you will need 2 teaspoons of citric acid, 0.5 kg of granulated sugar and still bottled water (4 liters). Blanch the washed raw materials in boiling water for a minute, then dry completely and hold overnight in the freezer.
Keep frozen fruits at room temperature for 15 minutes, then quickly defrost in the microwave. Peel the oranges, chop and mince (scroll in a blender). Pour the fruit gruel with cold water and leave the drink for half an hour. After that, strain the juice, add sugar and citric acid. After 2 hours, the orange drink is ready.
