How to make gooseberry juice?

Gooseberry refers to those berry crops from which the crop is harvested early - in the middle of summer.Gentle and pleasant taste of gooseberry like everyone, both adults and children. From his berries make many different preparations for the winter. Most liked the buyers juice.

For the preparation of juice using mature hard berries, different varieties of gooseberry with different shades. A characteristic feature of the gooseberry is that it is very difficult to squeeze the juice from its fruit; to ensure this process, the fruit needs either heat treatment or a juicer. Let us consider in more detail possible ways to get juice.

• washed gooseberry berries (at the rate of 1 kg per 1 l of water) fall asleep in an enameled saucepan with water;
• the contents of the pan is boiled for 30 minutes, the berries are soft;
• the resulting composition is rubbed through a fine sieve;
• the resulting juice must be filtered through gauze, folded in several layers;
• then boil again and pour into sterilized jars.

To improve the process of squeezing the juice, a juice extractor is used, with which the berries are ground, then granulated sugar is added (in the proportion of 150 g per 1 liter of the obtained juice), put on fire, brought to a boil. It is necessary to wait for the moment when the sugar dissolves, and then immediately remove it from the fire. The finished juice is poured into sterilized jars and rolled lids.

In order to make juice, it makes sense to purchase a juice cooker, in which it is very easy to get a quality drink.

Sokovarka works on the principle of steaming fruit and berries. Due to this technology, all useful substances remain in the resulting pasteurized juice.

We present a step by step recipe:

• it is necessary to sort out the berries, remove the stem and low-quality fruit;
• put the prepared berries into a colander and rinse well;
• 2.5 liters of water is placed in the juice cooker, which is brought to a boil;
• a juice box and a grid with prepared berries are installed on the water tank, everything is covered with a casing;
• the rubber hose of the juice cooker must be closed off with a clip;

• after boiling and steam from the valve, the device must be switched to slow fire, from that moment on the juice begins to release;
• the cooking procedure is carried out for 1 hour and 10 minutes, at this time the dense and hard skin of the gooseberry berries becomes very soft;
• after the required time has passed, the prepared beverage is poured into prepared sterilized cans or bottles through a hose of the juice cooker, which are rolled up with lids;
• Ready-made drink containers are wrapped in fabric so that the cooling process takes place slowly.

Sugar at the rate of 100 g per 1 kg of boiled berries is added to the squeeze left in the griddle and boiled for half an hour. The resulting drink from the marc is useful for making jelly or fruit compote.

The gooseberry recipe in its own juice is very simple to prepare and deserves due attention for its taste and benefit. In order to prepare a drink: for 1 kg of berries, you need 200 grams. sugar sand. With all the fruits it is necessary to remove the stem, sepals, rinse well in running water. Each berry should be pierced with a needle. After preliminary preparation, the fruits fall asleep in a jar and put in a water bath.

In the process of warming the fruits, the juice will come out of them, and they will decrease in volume, therefore berries should be added until the juice level reaches the banks. Berries should be at least 10 minutes on the water bath, after this time the jars should be covered with lids and sterilized: half-liter cans for 10 minutes, liter - 15 minutes, 3-liter - 30 minutes Then, the lids are rolled up, the cans are turned upside down, so that they should cool down.

The juice of their gooseberries is rarely made by gardeners, but, having tried such a drink at least once, no one will remain indifferent, and this harvest will certainly be carried out annually for the winter. It is very easy to make a drink, but it should be noted that there are many recipes to diversify the taste of the juice.

1. Honey is added to the juice instead of sugar.
2. To give an unusual and very pleasant aroma, cardamom, ginger or star anise are put into the drink.
3. To get a clear drink, squeeze lemon juice into it at the rate of: 1 lemon for 1 liter of gooseberry juice. The resulting drink is settled for two weeks in a cool place, then filtered and sealed in sealed cans.

Useful properties of gooseberry drink:

• The gooseberry contains many vitamins that help improve immunity, fight against infectious diseases, treat arthritis and arthrosis;
• the berries contain polyphenyls that provide anti-inflammatory properties;
• The antioxidants present in the berries reduce the risk of developing cancer, strengthen the body’s immune system, reduce blood cholesterol levels and normalize blood pressure.

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