Tangerine juice is much less common on the market than orange juice or, for example, grapefruit juice. However, even if it is not on supermarket shelves, you can easily prepare this drink yourself. Moreover, it is not only tasty, but also very healthy. Tangerine juice perfectly quenches thirst, increases vitality, protects against colds, has a beneficial effect on the digestive tract, respiratory and nervous systems of the body, improves skin condition and complexion.
It is necessary
- - ripe tangerines;
- - knife;
- - press;
- - juicer;
- - sieve;
- - gauze;
- - crush;
- - water;
- - sugar;
- - pan;
- - jars with lids.
Instructions
Step 1
The basic rule when choosing tangerines for juicing is that the richer the orange color, the sweeter the fruit. The juiciest and sweetest varieties are clementines, as well as hybrids of orange and mandarin. They are small and bright orange.
Step 2
To choose the most juicy fruits, remember - the best ones are those that look heavy in the palm of your hand for their size. Light-colored, flattened fruits are usually more acidic. The largest producers of tangerines are China, Japan, Spain and Morocco.
Step 3
Abkhaz tangerines are also on sale in Russia. They are just perfect for juice, because the presence of seeds and a thin skin will not interfere with the juicer. Fruits with a bumpy skin, which quite easily leaves the tangerine, can simply be eaten, but fruits with a dry thin skin, which is problematic to peel with your hands, are perfect for making juice.
Step 4
Use ripe fruit to make tangerine juice. Rinse the fruits, pour boiling water over them, then cut them across and squeeze the juice out of them using a juicer or press.
Step 5
You can also prepare tangerine juice in a different way. Peel the fruits, divide them into slices, remove the grains and squeeze the juice from the pulp using cheesecloth, a sieve and a crush.
Step 6
To prepare juice from tangerines for future use, wash the ripe fruits, dry them and cut the zest from them with a knife. After that, peel the fruit and squeeze the juice out of the pulp using one of the above methods. Pour the drink into a saucepan, add the zest there and heat the juice for 7 to 10 minutes at a temperature of 70 ° C. Strain the drink, pour it into sterile jars, close the lids, pasteurize, and then roll up.
Step 7
You can make canned juice from tangerines for the winter. To do this, you will need 1 liter of tangerine juice, 300-400 grams of sugar syrup. To make this syrup, you need 600 grams of water, 600 grams of sugar.
Step 8
Rinse the tangerines, cut them in 2 halves, remove the seeds. Then remove the peel and cut it into slices - it will come in handy for cooking candied fruits. Squeeze the juice out of the fruit, filter it through a sieve, pour into an enamel bowl and heat for 12 minutes at a high temperature. Add thick sugar syrup to the drink.
Step 9
Pour ready hot tangerine juice into dry and clean jars, close them with lids and pasteurize at a temperature of 80 ° C: 1 liter jar - for 20 minutes, and 0.5 liter jars - 15 minutes. After that, close the jars tightly with lids, turn them upside down and let cool.
