The most successful apricot juice recipes. Making apricot juice at home

During the cold season, as a rule, there are not enough vitamins and minerals to strengthen the immune system. Cooking apricot juice for the winter is an affordable option for those who want to get the most nutrients. Long-term heat treatment when cooking apricot jam can destroy most of the nutrients, so making nutritious juice can be called the best option. It is enough to know only the basic nuances and features of storage.

The best way to prepare such a drink is by juicer, but other methods are also used. In this case, the main thing is to follow the step-by-step manufacturing technology and remember about the sterilization of dishes. The fruits of the apricot tree can be combined with various other fruits.

The best option would be to use peaches, apples and pears for juicing. However, it is not recommended to add blackberries, since not everyone may like the color of the resulting liquid.

It is also not superfluous to add vanilla or cinnamon to give aroma and rich taste. For this purpose, it is advisable to purchase natural pods.

How to choose apricots for juice

Fruits for the future drink should be selected with great care. Apricots should not have dark or brown spots, damage and punctures.

On a note! Fruits with a smooth surface are more juicy.

It is not recommended to buy overripe fruits. In the event that the purchased apricots turned out to be too sweet and do not contain sourness at all, you can add lemon juice when re-brewing an apricot drink.

Recipes for making apricot juice at home

A fragrant drink rich in vitamins and nutrients can be prepared in several ways. So, a person can choose for himself the most convenient option in the manufacture of a remedy against seasonal beriberi.

Juice with pulp

It is easy to prepare juice with pulp and without special devices. All you need for this is:

• suitable container;
• colander;
• water;
• arbitrary amount of apricot;
• sugar, if required.

Such a drink is prepared as follows:

• Rinse apricots, disassemble into halves. Drying of the fruit is not required, and the seeds can be thrown away immediately.
• An enameled container in which the fruits should be placed is ideal.
• Pour apricots with water so that they are completely covered with liquid, that is, at the same level. Turn on the big fire.

• Then a foam will appear, which must be removed.
• Fruit should be cooked until soft. If the apricots begin to disintegrate, the fire can be turned off. Then the juice should be cooled.
• The compote must be filtered, and the boiled fruits should be wiped well and the skins removed.
• The pureed mixture should be combined with a decoction and turn on the fire. Here, if desired, sugar and other additives are added.
• The juice should boil for 5 minutes. Then the drink is poured into containers.

With a juicer

This method is considered the simplest. For cooking, you will need the following list of ingredients:

• about 6 kilograms of ripe fruits;
• 200-250 grams of sugar.

A number of steps must be taken:

1. Rinse the fruit, remove the seeds, cut into halves. Place in juicer.
2. From an apricot, as a rule, there is a lot of cake left. This residue should be evaluated: if there is a lot of cake and it is wet, then it can be re-passed through the device.
3. Pour the resulting juice into a container, add sugar and put on fire. Let it boil for no more than three minutes, remove the foam.
4. Pour the broth and cork.

Apricot juice in a juicer

It is also possible to prepare nectar using a special device. You can take any amount of ripe fruit and a few tablespoons of sugar. Prepare like this:

1. Fill the lower tier with water (the amount of liquid is prescribed in the instructions).
2. Peeled apricots are placed on the topmost compartment of the juicer. It is recommended to sprinkle fruit with sugar for better juice extraction.
3. Turn on the fire, cook for about 50 minutes.
4. Then you should release the tube and get apricot juice.

How to make with blender

If there is nothing to squeeze ripe fruits, you can use an immersion blender. To do this, take the following composition of ingredients:

• 2-3 kilograms of apricot;
• liter of water;
• sugar at will.

Cooking:

1. Place the apricots in boiling water for half a minute, and then immediately transfer to cold water. This is necessary for skin cleansing.
2. In a blender, prepare fruit puree.
3. Combine water, sugar and whipped fruits in a container. Boil for a few minutes and then pour into a suitable container.

Apple-orange juice for the winter

Apples and oranges add a slightly acidic and pleasant taste. You can prepare such juice in any way possible. You will need to take:

• 3-4 kilograms of apples;
• 5 kilograms of apricot;
• 600 grams of sugar;
• water.

Cooking:

1. Put the water on a slow fire, add sugar. While the water is heating, pass the peeled fruit through the juicer.
2. Add squeezed juice in portions to a container with liquid.
3. Wait until it boils and leave to cook for 5 minutes. Foam is removed periodically.
4. Pour the mixture into a bowl and seal.

Storage features

Preservation of an apricot drink can be done in ordinary containers and bottles, and closed with metal lids with an elastic band. So it will be stored throughout the winter. However, one should not forget that before conservation, thorough sterilization of all utensils that will be involved in the process is required.

Store in a cool place: cellar, balcony or refrigerator. The main condition is not to place near batteries or other heating devices.

Apricots and apples contain many vitamins required by the human body at any time of the year. They have a pleasant sweet taste, juiciness and aroma. In addition, these fruits are suitable for making wonderful juice. Apricot juice turns out to be a transparent sunny color, the taste is sweet, like honey. Apples add a bit of sourness and a refreshing aroma. Therefore, the combination of apples with apricots in juice is so successful. In the process of preparing apple-apricot juice, the assistant-juice cooker will do an excellent job: it will extract the maximum juice from fruits, preserve vitamins and natural taste.

TIME: 60 min.

Easy

Ingredients for making apricot-apple juice in a 6 liter juice cooker:

• 2.5 kg of apricots;
• 1 kg of apples;
• 1 cup of sugar;
• about 4 liters of water.

Cooking

Wash apricots, divide into two halves, remove the seeds.


Wash the apples, cut into large slices, removing the core.


Fill the juicer pot with water. Boil.
Place the apricots and apples in the fruit basket (top of the juicer).


Sprinkle sugar on top.


Place a juice collector (middle part of the juice cooker) on the saucepan of a juicer with boiling water, on top - a grid with fruit and sugar. Close the lid. Close the tube for draining the juice with a special clamp. After waiting for an intense boil, reduce the heat a little.