I have this stove top juicer and do find it very useful in years when we produce a lot of fruit. You put all fruit into the top basket and some water in the bottom. Then leave it on the stove to come to a gentle boil. As the water boils the steam rises and forces the juice out of the fruit in to the central compartment. The juice can then be tapped off using the hose and clamp at the bottom of the middle section.
You do have to be careful when you are running off the juices as it can be very hot. Once it has cooled a little you can measure how many pints you have collected.
Boil up 1 pint of juice to alb of sugar and you have a fruit syrup which you can bottle and keep in the same way as jam. Made with blackcurrants it's just like Ribena, but at much less cost and very tasty for winter time hot drinks !
Does anyone else make juice ?
I bought one of these last year to juice the seeded grapes someone planted in our greenhouse before it was ours. Sadly I left it in the fridge too long and it went moldy (I'm very lax about sell by date but if something goes moldy, the whole lot has to go).
ReplyDeleteSo I'm hoping to be better organised this year and also I'd like to try some other things, like making rose water.
Good luck, it really is worth it. We did seeded grapes last year and the result was delicious, a good way of not having to pick out all the seeds from those grapes.
ReplyDeleteI would find that juicer completely intimidating...
ReplyDeleteIt is much easier than it looks but it does help to have someone to show you the first time !
DeleteI hadn't even heard of this so very educative.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you learned about something new, it's always worthwhile hearing whether a gadget is really worth getting !
DeleteThe man I shared an allotment with for four years had one in the family, which he borrowed to juice our harvest. It was wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIf you have the space, you can use the left-over fruit pulp to make fruit leather.
Siebrie
I love the idea of using leftover pulp to make fruit leather, I'll have to find out !
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