Homemade plum juice tastes particularly good freshly squeezed, but can also be boiled down as a long-life treat. Juicing can be very quick if you choose a method that doesn't involve pitting the fruit.
Prunes can also be boiled for juicing
Plum, damson, squeeze?
What is actually the difference between plums, damsons or damsons, squeezes, greengages, mirabelle plums, etc.? From a botanical point of view, the plum (Prunus domestica) is, so to speak, the mother of all the other species mentioned. This means that plums and Mirabelle plums are subspecies of plums, although they look very different.
In general usage, Mirabelle plums, for example, are seen as a separate variety, but the names are often used synonymously for almost all other plum types, depending on the region.
Which plums are good to juice?
Harvest your plums in time if you want to juice them. Expect the best juice yield from plums that are still firm, especially if you're using an electric juicer or juicer. They are also less likely to be infested with maggots.
The plums must not have any rotten or moldy spots, as a single affected fruit can spoil all the juice.
Four ways to juice plums
- Steam juicer: the best choice for juicing stone fruit. The big advantage: the fruit does not have to be pitted. Put very large plums in the steam juicer, roughly chopped up, smaller ones can remain in one piece. The juice heated by the steam can be kept for several months.
- Cooking pot: You can boil the pitted and cut up plums with a little water, then press them through a sieve and filter them through a cloth. So you don't need any specially purchased equipment.
- Juicer: In the electric juicer, which uses centrifugal force to extract the juice from the pitted fruit, the plums retain all their vitamins because they are not heated. The juice obtained in this way is perfect for immediate consumption, but spoils very quickly.
- Juicer: As in the juicer, the plums are juiced cold in the juicer, which preserves their healthy ingredients. The juice is squeezed out by crushing the pitted plums. In addition to electric, there are also manual models with a crank. You can boil the raw juice to preserve it for months.
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