Making juice from fresh fruit
I bought pineapple and mango with the intention of making some juice out of them. I tried puréeing the fruit in the food processor and then mixed it with some water and lemon juice in the blender. The result was a really pulpy mess, yielded maybe a liter, if that, and was mostly flavourless.
I have two mangoes and a cored pineapple (like they sell in the grocery store in a container). What can I do this time to make my juice work out better?
Best Answer
The easiest way would be to use an actual juicing machine. Instead of just blending everything together, a juicer will separate the juice from the pulp.
You're looking for something like this:
Juice goes out one end, pulp out the other.
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Extracting the JuiceCan you juice whole fruit?
You can't just throw in whole fruits and vegetables into your juicer and expect tasty results. You need to prepare them properly first. Many juicers have small food chutes, so you'll have to chop items down to a size that fits. The actual juicing process is fast, with foods zipping through the machine is seconds.What fruits can be juiced?
You can juice almost any fruit or vegetables! Some simple fruits to start with are apples, melons, citrus and berries. Citrus fruit and strawberries have tons of vitamin C and melons are good for both vitamins A and C. Carrots, celery, cucumber, tomatoes, beets and lettuce are common veggies to try, too.How do you make fresh juice?
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Answer 2
Because the juice is contained inside the cell walls of the fruit or veg and you will need to basically destroy them. A juicer works well for 2 reasons, one is that it totally ruptures the cell walls by using a really highspeed cutting head, and it has a built in extraction method to get the pulp away from the liquid.
Running the fruit through a food processor or blender can achieve the first part. But the extraction will be a pain. Cheese cloth works great for this. One issue is evaporation as you allow the liquid to drain off. So controlling the evaporation is a good idea.
One method that I have used before is similar to a coffee making setup. Pulp goes in the top with a filter over a catch container. Gravity will take time and you may need to change the filter a couple times. Another idea that is a little unconventional but cheaper is a coffee press. It forces the pulp to the bottom and allows the juice to come to the top. Not perfect, but it does work if you are trying to save money.
Answer 3
What I ended up doing is puréeing my fruit in the food processor, and then pushed it through a fine mesh sieve, a bit at a time. Then I took the remaining pulp and ran it through the food processor a second time, and then back through the sieve. I also added the juice of half a lemon and half a lime. I ended up with about 2½ cups (625mL) of mostly pulp-free, sweet juice, and a container full of puréed mango and pineapple that has the consistency of applesauce (though I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, and it seems to have lost much of its sweetness).
I tried cheese cloth as well as my sieve, but with the cheese cloth it seemed like I could not do very much at a time (though it was easier to squeeze juice out of the pulp when I could put the whole thing in my hand).
It was a lot of manual work for not a huge yield, however, so I don't know if I'd bother trying it again without a juicer.
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