Gooseberries are one of the native berry varieties. When you think of them, their typical acidity immediately comes to mind. But the gooseberries actually contain a relatively large amount of sugar if you let them ripen on the bush. Juiced, the local berry offers a fresh juice that can be processed into a delicious jelly or drunk pure.

Gooseberry juice is a delicious winter drink

Juice gooseberries

Gooseberry juice can easily be made with a juicer, in a juicer or in a saucepan. In all cases you will achieve a high juice yield, which, properly preserved, can be stored well over the winter.

Gooseberry juice from the saucepan

Juicing works similar to a steam juicer. The heat destroys the outer skin of the berries, the juice escapes and can be processed further.

  1. Wash the gooseberries thoroughly.
  2. Place the berries in a large saucepan and add some water (about 20% of the weight of the berries)
  3. Close the pot and cook everything for about half an hour until a thick mush is formed.
  4. Let the fruit pulp cool down.
  5. Place a sieve in a large bowl and place a fine cotton cloth in it.
  6. Gradually pour in the berries and squeeze out the juice.
  7. The juice can be drunk immediately. It may need to be sweetened a little.
  8. If you want to fill the juice into bottles, boil the juice again and fill the hot liquid into sterile flip-top bottles.

Gooseberry juice in the juicer

  1. Place the washed gooseberries in the juicer's fruit basket.
  2. If you want a sweet juice, add a layer of sugar.
  3. Place the fruit basket on the filled water container, close the juicer and heat the whole thing.
  4. When the water boils, the berries will burst and release their juice.
  5. Fill the hot juice from the drain tube into sterile flip-top bottles.

Gooseberry juice from the slow juicer

The juicer usually gets the juice with a screw press. The pressing process is slow and gentle, no oxygen is whirled into the juice. Cold pressing keeps all the vitamins in the juice. The leftover berries fall into a separate container and can be disposed of in the compost.
If the juice obtained is to be preserved, you have to heat it up and bottle it while it is still hot.

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