Juice made from apples at home is an excellent source of vitamins. This juice can be drunk freshly prepared or canned; it can be the basis for preparing all kinds of drinks and even desserts. This tasty and aromatic juice has only one drawback - its not very attractive color, which is very different from the color of store-bought juice. But it is possible to lighten it - and then it will become transparent. And it is not necessary to use special equipment or any additives that are harmful to health.

Juicing

The first step is to choose the apples from which you will make juice. You can use fruits of the same variety or mix different ones - this will create a more harmonious taste that you like. To prepare juice, you can use not only cultivated varieties, but also wild varieties. But keep in mind that the latter has a somewhat tart taste, so you should add it in small quantities.

Here's a little hint to help you decide on your taste. Sweet apple varieties include:

  • Golden;
  • Fuji;
  • Red Delicious;
  • Gala.

Sour varieties:

  • Granny Smith;
  • Semerenko;
  • Jonagold.

To prepare juice, you need those fruits without spots, signs of rot or any damage. They need to be washed well, dried, and then the stalks removed.

Apple juice can be prepared using various types of juicers. This can be an electric juicer (centrifugal or auger), pressure cooker or hand press.

The juice obtained during the first pressing is the most valuable, since it contains a large amount of vitamins. But the cake that remains also contains a lot of juice. Especially if you are using a low-power electric juicer. Fill the cake with water in a ratio of 10:1.

Let the mixture sit for several hours. Now it needs to be passed through the press again. Of course, the drink will turn out weaker. But if the juice after the first squeeze seems too rich or concentrated to you, you can dilute it a little.

Clarifying the juice

It must be said right away that at home you are unlikely to be able to create juice similar to bagged juice. But it is possible to make it somewhat more transparent.

Let the freshly squeezed juice sit for a while. Only after this does it need to be strained (you can use gauze folded in several layers). The filtered juice is poured into a saucepan and then brought to a boil in a water bath. The foam that will form during boiling must be removed.

Wait about 5 minutes and then remove the pan from the bath, then immediately place it in a container of cold water for a couple of hours. You will see that the drink has separated. The top light layer must be carefully poured into another container so that the brown cloudy sediment remains at the bottom.

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The most common way of processing fruits and berries is to obtain natural juices from them. A factory product differs from its home-made counterpart. In the process of making a fortified drink, it is extremely important to observe simple conditions: ripeness of the fruit, careful removal of spoiled areas and the use of enameled (glass, wood or stainless steel) dishes.

Making juice by analogy with the industrial method

Properly prepared fruits and vegetables contain many vitamins, acids and minerals, and they have a unique aroma. Juice is a rather unstable product in storage. In the case of long-term storage at temperatures above +20°C, the quality of the juice noticeably deteriorates, the loss of its natural taste, smell and destruction of ascorbic acid occurs.

Therefore, in case of production in large volumes, it is recommended to preserve the finished product in one of three ways:

  • hot spill(for sour juices);
  • pasteurization(heating up to 90 °C);
  • sterilization(bring to a boil).

Let's take a closer look at the process of obtaining natural apple juice.

The preliminary stage of manufacturing a fortified drink is the selection of raw materials. The color of the skin of the fruit does not affect the color of the apple juice - it is squeezed from the pulp, and the peeled apples look the same.

At the same time, the choice of apples must be approached carefully. Soft and rotten fruits are not suitable because their cellular structure is destroyed and the juice will be much more difficult to separate. In this case, it will resemble a cloudy puree in its consistency. The easiest way to determine the juiciness of an apple is to bite into it. The crunch of the fruit depends on the internal pressure; the higher it is, the more juice-containing cells there are in the fruit. Therefore, the apples for the drink should be the juiciest.

If apples were purchased at the market, they should be thoroughly washed with warm water. Often, fruits for sale are coated with a thin layer of edible wax - this gives them a unique shine and protects them from premature drying.

Next, the apples are cut into 4 parts (it is not necessary to remove the core) and use immediately. Their long stay in the open air is fraught with brown coloration. This is a natural oxidation reaction, since the apple contains iron and the amino acid tarazine, which easily interact with oxygen. This is why even clarified apple juice can have a brown tint.

You can make apple juice using an ordinary juicer.

The main condition of the unit is the maximum possible number of revolutions (at least 20,000 per minute). If the speed is low, you will get a thick puree.

After completing the process, the output is juice that is not similar to the factory juice either in color or smell. From the squeezed apples, the pulp and peel remain in the juicer.

This mass is rich in vitamins, so it is better to fill them with water and then pass them through cheesecloth.

The result is a pleasant and healthy apple drink.

To obtain clear apple juice at home, you should additionally strain the fresh juice through cheesecloth to remove the largest remaining pulp.

Next, the juice should be evaporated in a water bath without bringing to a boil. After about 5 minutes, the remaining pulp will collect in the form of foam on the surface of the juice; it must be removed. Thus, the juice becomes noticeably clearer, but it is still far from packaged.

Therefore, it is recommended to place the container in cold water for approximately 3 hours. Due to temperature changes, the mixture stratifies, and the small particles of pulp contained precipitate. Performing this procedure leads to a slight lightening of the drink.

If it is necessary to obtain even more clarified juice, it is necessary to use fine-pored filters.

As an alternative, it is convenient to use filter paper for coffee makers. The pore size in them is 2 microns, so only clean liquid will pass through such holes. Using this technology, you can get juice that is much lighter than factory juice.

Using a juicer, you can treat yourself and your loved ones with healthy juices every day - pumpkin, carrot, tomato, etc. If, due to the specific nature of some vegetables or fruits, it turns out not very tasty, then the drink can always be diluted with water or added sugar.

Production of grape juice through a juicer

Grapes are a valuable product with many beneficial properties. Therefore, mastering the technology of producing grape juice at home is tantamount to creating a small medical institution in which each member of the household will improve their health. Even drinking one glass a day will be enough to feel a surge of energy.

Ripe and unspoiled bunches of grapes must be washed and the water allowed to drain.

Next, carefully separate the berries. It is preferable to squeeze with a press or simply crush the berries with your hands. A juicer will not cope with this process. Filtration will separate the pulp ( cake), which should not be thrown away. It will be quite suitable for cooking compotes, various mousses, etc.

It is important to note that young pressed juice begins to ferment quickly, so you need to drink it quickly. To make reserves, you must adhere to the following recipe, which will require a juicer.

The washed berries are placed in a juice cooker and put on fire.

The juice that flows down during the process of softening the grapes and heating the liquid should be collected in a deep container.

Next, place the fortified liquid in sterilized glass jars and seal until the juice has cooled. It should be noted that the jars should be filled to the very top so that the amount of remaining air in the vessel is minimal.

The resulting canned natural juice retains almost all the beneficial properties, so it is advisable to minimize its heating under pasteurization conditions. However, if inaccuracies occur during the procurement process, the juice may begin to ferment and be hopelessly spoiled.

At home in a juicer you can produce not only single-component juices. Many housewives actively practice using a fruit mix - apples, plums, pears, etc. Rich in vitamins and other useful substances, the drink will certainly come in handy in the winter season.

Summer is a great time to prepare preparations for the winter. From fruits you can make not only preserves and jams, but also delicious drinks. Apples are an affordable food product that is also very tasty and healthy. It is best to use late varieties, as they stand out for their juiciness. Despite the fact that you can buy various drinks in stores, their composition does not inspire confidence; housewives continue to prepare them at home.

How to make apple juice at home?

I would like to say right away that if you want to make homemade fruit drinks, then buy a juicer. Modern technology options help to obtain a high-quality product quickly and without any problems. We will use only fresh fruits for cooking.

  • The apples need to be sorted, washed and passed through a juicer to obtain fruit liquid. Pour it into a saucepan and place it on the stove. It is important not to bring the contents to a boil, as this will destroy most of the beneficial substances and also worsen the taste. The temperature should be no more than 90 degrees;
  • During heat treatment, foam forms on the surface and particles of cake float to the surface, which must be removed with a slotted spoon. If the drink seems too dark, then it can be lightened, this will be written below. After reaching the required temperature, filter everything through cheesecloth and pour into cleaned jars. All that remains is to roll everything up, turn the jars upside down and leave to cool.

How to clarify apple juice at home?

If you know some secrets, the drink can be made a little more transparent. After you get the liquid from the fruit, leave it for a while and then strain through several layers of gauze. Squeeze out any grounds remaining on the filter. Pour the liquid into a small container and place it in a steam bath.

After the water boils, heat everything for 4 minutes. Remove any foam that forms with a slotted spoon.


Then you need to quickly cool everything; to do this, place the container in a large saucepan with cold water for 3 hours. During this time, a clear liquid will separate from the top, and a cloudy sediment will be at the bottom.

It is necessary to carefully drain the top layer, for example, using a rubber tube. If desired, you can repeat the process with heating in a steam bath. After this, cool the drink at room temperature and filter through cheesecloth.

Apple juice recipe at home in a pressure cooker

Thanks to the use of a juicer, the drink turns out cleaner and without sediment. It is believed that this cooking option is better than using a juicer. The remaining cake can be used to make jam. For cooking, take 1 kg of apples and 150 g of granulated sugar.

Step-by-step cooking process:

  • Apples must be washed and cut into slices, the thickness of which should not be more than 15 mm. Each piece should also be cut crosswise;
  • Pour water into the lower part of the device and boil it. After this, place a second container that has a small hole. Place a colander with prepared fruits in it. The operating principle of cooking in a juicer is based on the fact that the steam that is released during boiling softens the fruit, and as a result, liquid begins to release;
  • When the apples are completely soft, you can disassemble the apparatus, and mix the fruit liquid from the pan with sugar and pour into hot jars. Roll up and cool.

How to make pumpkin-apple juice at home?

Sweet and bright pumpkin gives the drink an original taste and also makes it even more healthy. Even after heat treatment, many useful substances remain in it.

For this recipe you should take: 1 kg apples, pumpkin, 200 g sugar and lemon.

Step-by-step cooking process:


  • Using a juicer or any other method known to you, extract liquid from the fruit. Pour it into a saucepan and put it on fire. Add lemon zest;
  • When everything is slightly warmed up, add granulated sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Bring to a boil and leave to simmer for a couple of minutes. All that remains is to pour into jars and roll up.

Grape and apple juice at home for the winter

You can use sweet apples and sour grapes, or vice versa, which allows you to get an original sweet and sour taste. However, you can cook everything to your liking.

Preparing juice passes with the use of such products: 0.5 kg of grapes, 1 kg of apples and sugar to taste.

Step-by-step cooking process:

  • Do not remove the berries from the brushes, but simply sort through them to remove spoiled ones. Wash them and place them in the juicer bowl. Wash the apples, cut them into small cubes and add them to the grapes. Add granulated sugar if desired;
  • Place the container with fruit in the juicer and turn on the heat. After an hour, you can open the shutter to drain the fruit liquid. Pour it while still hot into jars and roll up.

Homemade carrot and apple juice recipe

Fresh carrot juice is very beneficial for the body, but getting a child or even an adult to drink it is very difficult. In this case, you can use a trick and make a drink with apples. The amount of ingredients is for 4 servings.

For this recipe, you should take the following products for 1 liter of drink:: 400 g carrot puree, 600 g fresh apple juice and 150 g granulated sugar.

Step-by-step cooking process:


  • To prepare carrot puree, take the vegetables, peel and wash them, and then cut into small strips. Place in a steamer and cook until soft for half an hour. After this, rub the vegetables through a sieve;
  • Peel the apples, cut into pieces and remove the seeds. Prepare fresh juice using a juicer. If you don’t have such equipment at home, pass the fruits through a meat grinder and squeeze them by hand;
  • Combine the apple and carrot parts and dissolve the prepared sugar in the resulting mixture. Place on the stove and heat to 85 degrees for 5 minutes. Pour into jars and roll up.

How to make apple-pear juice?

Another version of the drink, which, thanks to the use of pears, has an unsurpassed aroma and original taste. The proportions of fruit used may vary. It is not recommended to use loose and damaged fruits. In addition to fruit, you can also use sugar to taste.

Step-by-step process of juicing:


  • Cut the prepared fruits into small pieces. You don't have to remove the middle to save time. Squeeze the fruits using a juicer and place the resulting fruit liquid on the stove;
  • After boiling, foam will begin to form on the surface, which should be removed. If you think you need to add sugar, now is the time to do it. Pour the drink while hot and roll up the jars.

Recipe for apple, currant and chokeberry juice

Another option for a delicious drink that has great benefits. Both children and adults will like it.

Freshly squeezed juice always contains pulp particles that make it opaque. In this form, the juice is most useful for consumption, since it retains a maximum of vitamins, minerals and other beneficial substances.

If you need to give the juice a marketable appearance, or adapt it for long-term storage, it can be clarified. In order to clarify apple juice at home, you can use two methods - settling or heat treatment.

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Settling is a natural way to clarify juice. It is the most gentle and retains the maximum nutrients. To clarify apple juice by settling, you must:

  • Filter the freshly squeezed juice through a very fine sieve or several layers of gauze. All large particles will settle on the fabric. From time to time you should change the fabric to a clean one without sediment.
  • Heat the filtered juice to a temperature of 80-90 degrees (do not bring it to a boil, otherwise the vitamins will begin to be destroyed). It is better to heat the juice in a water bath.
  • Pour the hot juice into sterilized jars and roll up the lids.

The juice prepared using this method sits for at least 2 months (at a temperature of +10...+15 degrees) - during this time the sediment is naturally separated from the liquid part of the juice. After settling, you need to pour the clean part of the juice into a separate container.

Heat treatment

To quickly clarify apple juice, you can heat it. To do this you can:

  • Strain the juice through several layers of gauze (or use other filters to separate the pulp).
  • Heat the liquid to a temperature of 80 degrees and hold for several minutes. It is important to heat the juice strongly, but not to let it boil.
  • Place the container with hot juice in cold (ice) water or cover with ice. As the cold water heats up, you need to change it so that the juice cools as quickly as possible.
  • Let the cooled juice stand for 2 hours, then remove the liquid without sediment into a separate container. If necessary, repeat the procedure, after which you can pour the juice into jars for storage.

Juice storage

In order for apple juice to be stored better, you need to consider the following:

  • To prepare juice, you need to choose ripe, but not overripe fruits without wormholes, rot or mold.
  • Late varieties (autumn) apples are best suited.
  • Each apple must be washed, removed from seeds and stems. It is most convenient to use a juicer.
  • After clarification, the apple juice should be heated (without boiling), mixed with sugar (optional) and poured hot into sterilized jars.

Homemade apple juice– an excellent source of vitamins. It can be drunk fresh, canned, and also used as a base for various desserts and drinks. Tasty and aromatic juice but there is only one drawback - not too beautiful appearance. However, it can be lightened and made more transparent at home without the use of special equipment or harmful additives.

You will need

  • - juicer, juicer or hand press;
  • - gauze;
  • - dishes for heating and cooling;
  • - skimmer;
  • - rubber tube.

Instructions

Select for juice A. You can use either one sour or mix different ones to obtain a harmonious sweet and sour taste. For juice and they use both cultivated and wild apples.

Select fruits without damage, stains or rot, wash them thoroughly in running water, dry and remove the stems.

Prepare apple juice juice using electric juice squeezer, hand press or juice ovarki. The resulting juice first pressing - especially valuable raw materials with you juice their content of vitamins and microelements. But the pulp remaining after its manufacture still contains a lot of valuable liquid. Fill it with water in a ratio of 10 to 1.

Let the mixture sit for three to four hours and pass it through the press again. The result will be a weaker drink, which is better not to mix with pure juice ohm, and preserve separately.

Start lightening juice A. At home, you cannot create an analogue of a packaged drink. However, try to make it at home juice more transparent is quite possible.

Give it freshly squeezed juice Let it sit for a while and strain it through several layers of gauze. Squeeze out the grounds remaining on the filter. Pour the strained juice into a small saucepan and place it in a water bath. Bring water to a boil and heat juice within 3-4 minutes. Foam will form on the liquid - remove it with a slotted spoon or spoon.

Cool quickly juice, placing the container with it in a pan or tank with cold water for two to three hours. At this time, the drink will separate - a clear liquid will collect at the top, and a cloudy sediment will sink to the bottom. Carefully pour off the light top juice into a separate bowl using a rubber tube.

For greater clarity, secondary pasteurize the liquid. Repeat heating in a water bath. Hot juice Cool at room temperature and strain through a special burlap filter or several layers of gauze.